Why Total Beta Produces Arbitrary Valuations: A Violation of the “No-Arbitrage” Principle

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American Society of Appraisers Business Valuation Review™
Winter 2014 Volume 33, Issue 4 pp. 131-135
Dominica Canefield
Lutz Kruschwitz
Andreas Löffler

Summary

Meaningful evaluation equations must be in line with the no-arbitrage principle. If they are not, one can derive any company value from them. This is unacceptable both for practitioners and for academics. This paper shows that total beta does not meet the no-arbitrage principle.
Why Total Beta Produces Arbitrary Valuations: A Violation of the “No-Arbitrage” Principle
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