| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to identify the possible determining factors of the implied cost of capital in Brazilian listed companies from 2001-2005. First, the implied cost of capital for each company within the sample was calculated, after which the possible determining factors (company characteristics) with the predicting power to explain this implied cost of capital were selected. The implied cost of capital is defined as a return rate that makes discounted cash flow equal to the stock current value. For this calculation, the residual income model was used, also known as Edwards-Bell-Ohlson (EBO) model along with the earnings forecast given by market analysts (I/B/E/S) as a way to estimate the discounted cash flow. The determining factors are variables indicated by financial literature and demonstrate the explainable relationship with capital cost or the stocks return. Fifteen (15) variables were selected and then divided into five groups: volatility, leverage, information environment, earnings variabil | |
