Some Foreign Firms Listed on the NYSE
Australia BHP Billiton, Coles Meyer, Telstra, Westpac Banking
Brazil
Banco Itan, Embraer, Petrobras, Telebras, Unibanco, VALE
• Internationalizing the firm’s cost of capital is one such policy.
cost of capital (%)
Ilocal Iglobal
K local K global
IRR Investment ($)
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Cost of Capital in Segmented vs. Integrated Markets
Restrictions • The Financial Structure of Subsidiaries
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Cost of Capital
• The cost of capital is the minimum rate of return an investment project must generate in order to pay its financing costs.
the cost of capital.
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Does the Cost of Capital Differ Among Countries?
• There do appear to be differences in the cost of capital in different countries.
and its products in foreign marketplaces.