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Return to capitalSame as the rental price of capital. Since capital can only be measured in monetary units, the rental price is, say, dollars per dollar's worth of capital per unit time, and it therefore has the form of a rate of return like an interest rate.Similar MatchesAuthorised share capitalAuthorised share capitalThe total number of shares a company is authorised to issue by reference to its memorandum and articles of association.The amount of issued share capital must be lower or equal to the authorised share capital. i.e. a company cannot issue more shares than it is authorised to issue in its Articles. Crony capitalismCrony capitalismUsed to describe a capitalist economy in which government or corporate officials and insiders provide lucrative opportunities for their friends and relatives. Term became popular during the Asian Crisis to describe some of the victim countries, but is now often used elsewhere as well. "Soft" capital rationing"Soft" capital rationingConstraints on spending that under certain circumstances can be violated or even viewed as constituting targets rather than absolute limits. Capital-usingCapital-usingA technological change or technological difference that is biased in favor of using more capital, compared to some definition of neutrality. Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)An economic theory that describes the relationship between risk and expected return, and serves as a model for the pricing of risky securities. The CAPM asserts that the only risk that is priced by rational investors is systematic risk, because that risk cannot be eliminated by diversification. The CAPM says that the expected return of a security or a portfolio is equal to the rate on a risk-free security plus a risk premium multiplied by the assets systematic risk. Theory was invented by William Sharpe (1964) and John Lintner (1965). Further SuggestionsCapital goodcapital allowance Paid in capital Opportunity cost of capital Capital-saving Risk based capital ratio Pie model of capital structure Efficient capital market Capital mobility Working capital ratio Capitalization table capital Capitalist Real capital Capitalization method Capital appreciation or depreciation Complete capital market Capital scarce Capital gain capital movement capitalisation Working capital management capital growth share capital venture capital trust |
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