Grabowski R.J, Harrington J.P. 2016 Valuation Handbook: Guide to Cost of Capital

Wiley, 2016. — 384 p. — ISBN: 978-1-119-10976-1.The New Industry Standard in Business Valuation Reference Materials2016 Valuation Handbook - Guide to Cost of Capital provides the key annual valuation data previously published in (i) the now discontinued Morningstar/Ibbotson SBBI Valuation Yearbook (discontinued in 2013), and (ii) the Duff & Phelps Risk Premium Report (no longer published as a stand-alone publication).The size premia data previously published in the SBBI Valuation Yearbook is referred to as the "CRSP Deciles Size Premia" exhibits in the new 2016 Valuation Handbook - Guide to Cost of Capital, while the size and risk premia data published in the Duff & Phelps Risk Premium Report has been published annually since 1996 and, like the former SBBI Valuation Yearbook, provides data and methodology that can be used to develop cost of equity capital estimates using (i) the build-up method and (ii) the capital asset pricing model (CAPM).The 2016 Valuation Handbook includes data through December 31, 2015, and is intended to be used for 2016 valuation dates.