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Closed-Form Stock Price Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

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In a previous paper we reviewed the literature on normative stock price models. These models specified the present value of a share of common stock to be equal to the discounted value of dividends accruing to the holder. Using continuous discounting, the present value of a share is(1)

where Dt is the dividend rate at time t and k is the cost of equity capital. Presumably k is a function of both the stockholders' time value of money and the perceived risk or uncertainty associated with the future dividend stream.

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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1972

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