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The Impact of Marijuana Legalization on Firms’ Cost of Equity

Reynolds Holding

To better understand how marijuana legalization might affect financing costs, we analyze the impact of state-level laws that legalize medical marijuana on firms’ COE using an imputation-based difference-in-differences research design over the period 1991 to 2019.

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How ESG Ratings Can Affect a Firm’s Cost of Equity

Reynolds Holding

2019) , for example, strong ESG performance correlates positively with higher equity returns and a reduction in downside risk. Our findings challenge the widely held belief that higher ESG ratings always lead to a reduction in the cost of equity financing. Sussman (2019). The Journal of Finance 74 (6), 2789–2837.

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META Lesson 2: Accounting Inconsistencies and Consequences

Musings on Markets

Financing expenses are expenses associated with the use of non-equity financing, and in most firms, it takes the form of interest expenses on debt, short term and long term. Capital expenses are expenses that provide benefits over many years. For a manufacturing company, these can take the form of plant and equipment.

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World’s Best Investment Banks 2025: Infrastructure

Global Finance

However, activity was still below prepandemic levels (with a total deal value of $173 billion in 2019) and substantially below peaks in 2021 and 2022. Similarly, the proportion of private equity deals in the sector increasedfrom 14% of all deals in 2023 to 22% in 2024.

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Modeling Managers as EPS Maximizers

Reynolds Holding

To see this distinction, consider the choice of capital structure: whether to use equity financing or a combination of equity and debt. Review of Corporate Finance Studies 8(1), 174–206. We can broadly classify firms’ corporate behaviors into two categories: growth and value firms. REFERENCES Almeida, H. Graham, J.,

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How a Rise in Acquisition Synergy Changed Entrepreneurs’ Exit Strategies and the IPO Valuation Premium

Reynolds Holding

We test the above predictions using a sample of private firms that were either acquired or had IPOs between 1995 and 2019. Fourth, the change in the IPO valuation premium from the period before 2000 to the period after 2000 will be greater for firms with product markets (in industries) characterized by a larger acquisition synergy shock.

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Vireo Growth Inc. Announces $75 Million Financing and Acquisitions of Four Single State Operators

Benzinga

Total Facility Size: 22,500 square feet plus outdoor capacity Active Retail Dispensaries: 1 Delivery Service: Powered by Arches platform with 99% coverage of Utah's medical patient population The Flowery (Florida): The Flowery was founded in 2019 and is Florida's only family-owned and operated cannabis company.

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