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Closed-Form Stock Price Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Harold Bierman Jr ,
David H. Downes  and
Jerome E. Hass
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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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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , June 1972 , pp. 1797 - 1808
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1972

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