Why WACC cannot be used as a discount for calculating the value of a merger and acquisition
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 978-0133400694
1st canadian edition
Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford, David A. Stangeland, Andras Marosi
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