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Distinguish among beta (or market) risk, within-firm (or corporate) risk, and stand-alone risk for a project being considered for inclusion in the capital budget. Of the three measures, which is theoretically the most relevant and why?

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Beta (market) risk refers to the project's effect on the corporate beta coefficient. Within-firm ...

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