Common stock valueConstant growthPersonal Finance ProblemOver the past 6 years, Elk County Telephone has paid...

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Finance

Common stock

valueConstant

growthPersonal Finance ProblemOver the past 6 years, Elk County Telephone has paid the dividends shown in the following table,

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. The firm's dividend per share in

2023

is expected to be

$4.02.

a.If you can earn

14%

on similar-risk investments, what is the most you would be willing to pay per share in

2022,

just after the

$3.83

dividend?b.If you can earn only

11%

on similar-risk investments, what is the most you would be willing to pay per share?

c.Compare your findings in parts a and b, what is the impact of changing risk on share value?

a.If you can earn

14%

on similar-risk investments, the most you would be willing to pay per share is

$nothing.

(Round to the nearest cent.)b.If you can earn

11%

on similar-risk investments, the most you would be willing to pay per share is

$nothing.

(Round to the nearest cent.)c.According to the findings in parts a and b, as risk decreases, the required rate of return

increases

increases

decreases

, causing the share price to

rise

fall

rise

. (Select from the drop-down menus.)

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