In the shareholder wealth maximization model, the value of a firm's stock is equal to the pv of all expected future ? disocunted at the stockholder's required rate of return
What defines the share-holder wealth maximization model?
the timing of future profits is explicity considered, the model provides a conceptual basis for evaluating differential levels of risk
What is profit maximization of the firm?
process that companies undergo to determine the best output and price levels in order to maximize its return.
What defines the managerial efficency theory of profit?
above normal profits arise because of high-quality managerial skill.
what can be said to define turnaround of o.m. scott?
increase in interest rates to earn greater returns on its liquid assets
what are the two problems which cause the principal-agent problem?
unobservability of manager-agent action and presence of random disturbances in team production.
The level of an economic activity should be increased to the point where the __________ is zero.
net marginal benefit
what does the net present value of an investment represent?
the expected contribution of a investment to the goal of shareholder wealth
The standard deviation is appropriate to compare the risk between two investments only if
expected returns are approximately equal
The _____ is the ratio of ________ to the ______
coefficient of variation; standard deviation; expected value