In this course, you will gain an advanced understanding of the calculation of the discount rate. The course will discuss leverage ratios, the cost of equity (including the risk free rate, the equity risk premium, the beta), the cost of debt and its estimations, and other risk premia including the country risk premium, the size premium and the firm-specific risk premium.
By completing this course, you can prepare to take the Delos Certificate on Advanced Damages & Valuation Issues.
This course has been designed by Ronnie Barnes, of Cornerstone Research (London). The course is part of the Delos Damages MOOC.
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