Cost of Capital: Applications and Examples, + Website, 5th Edition

Acknowledgments

This book has benefited immensely from review by many people with a high level of knowledge and experience in cost of capital and valuation. These people reviewed the manuscript (or parts of it), and the book reflects their invaluable efforts and legions of constructive suggestions.

Jay Abrams Abrams Valuation Group North Hollywood, CA Bruce Bingham Capstone Advisory Group LLC New York, NY Stephen J. Bravo Apogee Business Valuation Framingham, MA James Budyak Valuation Research Corp. Milwaukee, WI David Clarke The Griffing Group Oak Park, IL Jaime d'Almeida Duff & Phelps LLC Boston, MA James Hitchner Financial Valuation Advisors Ventnor City, NJ David King CFA Mesirow Financial Consulting Chicago, IL James Krillenberger Value Knowledge LLC Chicago, IL

Diane Coogan Pushner Department of Economics Queens College, City University of New York Raymond Rath Globalview Advisors Los Angeles, CA William Redpath BAI/Kelsey Washington, DC Matthew Steele Mesirow Financial Consulting Chicago, IL Jeffrey Tarbell Houlihan Lokey San Francisco, CA Terence Tchen Houlihan Lokey Los Angeles, CA Chris Thorne International Valuation Standards Committee London, UK Richard M. Wise MNP LLP Montreal (Quebec), Canada

In addition, we thank:

• Yang Luo and Pradnya Patil for assistance with editing and research, including updating of the bibliography; updating and shepherding the manuscript among reviewers, contributors, authors, and publisher; typing; obtaining permissions; and other ...