Download This Paper'Normalized' Risk-Free Rate: Fiction or Science Fiction?
16 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Date Written: October 10, 2020
Abstract
As interest rates on Government Bonds have decreased, some analysts and consultants in Europe and in the US are using what they call “Normalized Risk-Free rate”.
We show several inconsistencies and errors in the use of “Normalized Risk-Free rate”.
Section 5 is a short case that may be used in class. It contains 26 interesting comments.
Keywords: Normalized Risk-Free rate; normalization; company valuation; WACC; required return to equity; discounted cash flow
JEL Classification: G12, G31, M21
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