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Central Role of Cost of Capital in Economic Value Added 72 Appendix: Data Resources

This appendix describes the most important data sources used in estimating cost of capital It is organized by type of information.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is NOT an Ibbotson Associates publication?

a. Mergerstat Review.

b. Cost of Capital Yearbook.

c. Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation.

d. Beta Book.

2. Which of the following is a source of public company acquisition valuation multiples?

a. COMPUSTAT.

b. Mergerstat/Shannon Pratt's Control Premium Study™.

c. BIZCOMPS®.

d. Zack's Investment Research, Inc.

3. Which of the following is a source of private company acquisition valuation multiples?

a. COMPUSTAT.

b. Pratt's Stats™.

c. BIZCOMPS®.

d. Both (b) and (c).

4. Where is the Standard & Poor's Corporate Value Consulting (S&P CVC) Risk Premium Report available?

5. What does the acronym BDGAR stand for?

6. What is the primary source of equity risk premium.

7. What is the primary source of industry-average capital structures at market value?

I, List three or more sources of individual company beta.

9. List three or more sources of company earnings estimates:

10, What is tlie primary source of publicly registered partnership transaction information?

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