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Management · Q496

Financial Management

Graduate and Post Graduate · Management · question 496

Q496

In large expansion programs, increased riskiness and floatation cost associated with project can cause

A.
rise in marginal cost of capital
Answer
B.
fall in marginal cost of capital
C.
rise in transaction cost of capital
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
In large expansion programs, increased riskiness and floatation cost associated with project can cause rise in marginal cost of capital. Marginal cost of capital is the weighted average cost of the last dollar of new capital raised by a company. It is the composite rate of return required by shareholders and debt-holders for financing new investments of the company.