Consider the following international investment opportunity. It involves a gold mine that can be opened at...

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Consider the following international investment opportunity. It involves a gold mine that can be opened at a cost, then produces a positive cash flow, but then requires environmental clean-up. Year 0 4 -25.000 Year 1 60.000 Year 2 -36,000 The current exchange rate is $1.55 = 1.00. The inflation rate in the U.S. is 6 percent and in the euro zone 2 percent. The appropriate cost of capital to a U.S.-based firm for a domestic project of this risk is 8 percent. Find the euro-zone cost of capital. Consider the following international investment opportunity. It involves a gold mine that can be opened at a cost, then produces a positive cash flow, but then requires environmental clean-up. Year 0 4 -25.000 Year 1 60.000 Year 2 -36,000 The current exchange rate is $1.55 = 1.00. The inflation rate in the U.S. is 6 percent and in the euro zone 2 percent. The appropriate cost of capital to a U.S.-based firm for a domestic project of this risk is 8 percent. Find the euro-zone cost of capital.