But what did this mean for the overall cost of capital, which is the real question?
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Because they were AAA-rated and yielded a premium over the banks' cost of capital.
The deadweight cost of capital taxation is higher than that of consumption, property or income taxation.
Ultimately, that drives down the cost of capital in the U.S. relative to our competitors.
This is in general much less dilutive than the cost of capital of venture equity.
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Stamp duty is cheap to collect but it raises the cost of capital for firms.
Last year Novelis failed to cover its cost of capital, though Mr Birla is optimistic.
In countries where creditors cannot avoid a raw deal, companies' cost of capital could rise sharply.
It would value Apple by projecting its cashflows and discounting them by its cost of capital.
At the very least, the cost of capital for the region's governments and firms will increase.
Financial analysts say that Big Oil's murky accounts are raising its cost of capital.
If the typical cost of capital was 10%, the cost of insider trading would amount to 0.5%.
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Brad Smith, an analyst at Stonecap Securities, wonders whether the bank will return its cost of capital.
That suggests consumer spending will be lower and the cost of capital higher than before the crunch.
This would be the worst of all worlds: Stagnant property incomes and an increasing cost of capital.
Even without considering the cost of capital, TIVO is destroying quite a bit of value for investors.
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It is the only big American car manufacturer to earn returns greater than its cost of capital.
One way we expect to be able to do this is by lowering our cost of capital.
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Over time, excessive capital levels will increase the cost of capital to the banking industry and decrease lending.
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Even a slightly lower cost of capital is important for a business that carries a lot of debt.
If the banking system is completely paralyzed then the cost of capital de facto increases an infinite amount.
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It isn't okay to leverage to buy overvalued assets, particularly when cost of capital is in the double digits.
State enterprises, considered the core of the economy, would bitterly fight any substantial increase in their cost of capital.
The cost of capital should remain at comparatively low levels for many companies.
They say the real problem is final demand, not the cost of capital.
It was rare when a large railroad earned even its cost of capital.
Half of the companies we examined fail to earn their cost of capital.
This, in turn, would lead to a spike in the cost of capital.
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Only 21% of CFOs said they expect their cost of capital to increase.
When the cost of capital goes up, the return on capital must also increase, or the economy will liquidate itself.
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