Faculty of Management Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1V4, Canada;Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1V4, Canada;Department of Statistics, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A.
Abstract:
This paper provides a rigorous mathematical treatment of the problem of valuation of a firm in a deterministic, partial equilibrium framework. It is shown that the dividend and arbitrage approaches to valuation are not equivalent in general. A necessary and sufficient condition for their equivalence is also obtained.