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The Influence of Production Technology on Risk and the Cost of Capital

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This paper uses a time-state-preference valuation model to examine how the firm's choice of technology and production method affects its equilibrium level of risk and, as a result, the firm's cost of capital. A fixed and flexible method of production is analyzed for a firm using a Cobb-Douglas production function. In both cases, it is found that risk and the cost of capital decrease with the level of capital intensity. Implications are drawn for the specification of empirical tests of the determinants of risk.

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  • Booth, Laurence, 1991. "The Influence of Production Technology on Risk and the Cost of Capital," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(1), pages 109-127, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:26:y:1991:i:01:p:109-127_00
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