The Cost of Capital: If Not the CAPM, Then What?
Management and Business Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 2021
8 Pages Posted: 2 Sep 2021
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Date Written: 2021
Twenty years ago, it would have been considered heresy to doubt the usefulness of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) in assessing the cost of capital. The author argues that today, the CAPM should not just be doubted—it should be discarded.
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Abstract. Twenty years ago, it would have been considered heresy to doubt the usefulness of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) in assessing the cost of capital. The author argues that today, the CAPM should not just be doubted—it should be discarded. Welch, Ivo, The Cost of Capital: If Not the CAPM, Then What? (2021).
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