Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, 11e, Global Edition (Mishkin) Chapter 7 The Stock Market, the Theory of Rational Expectations, and the Efficient Market Hypothesis7.1 Computing the Price of Common Stock1) A stockholder's ownership of a company's stock gives her the right toA) vote and be the primary claimant of all cash flows.B) vote and be the residual claimant of all cash flows.C) manage and assume responsibility for all liabilities.D) vote and assume responsibility for all liabilities.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking2) Stockholders are residual claimants, meaning that theyA) have the first priority claim on all of a company's assets.B) are liable for all of a company's debts.C) will never share in a company's profits.D) receive the remaining cash flow after all other claims are paid.Answer: DAACSB: Analytical Thinking3) Periodic payments of net earnings to shareholders are known asA) capital gains.B) dividends.C) profits.D) interest.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking4) The value of any investment is found by computing theA) present value of all future sales.B) present value of all future liabilities.C) future value of all future expenses.D) present value of all future cash flows.Answer: DAACSB: Analytical Thinking5) In the one-period valuation model, the value of a share of stock today depends uponA) the present value of both the dividends and the expected sales price.B) only the present value of the future dividends.C) the actual value of the dividends and expected sales price received in one year.D) the future value of dividends and the actual sales price.Answer: AAACSB: Analytical Thinking6) In the one-period valuation model, the current stock price increases ifA) the expected sales price increases.B) the expected sales price falls.C) the required return increases.D) dividends are cut.Answer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking7) In the one-period valuation model, an increase in the required return on investments in equityA) increases the expected sales price of a stock.B) increases the current price of a stock.C) reduces the expected sales price of a stock.D) reduces the current price of a stock.Answer: DAACSB: Reflective Thinking8) In a one-period valuation model, a decrease in the required return on investments in equity causes a(n) ________ in the ________ price of a stock.A) increase; currentB) increase; expected salesC) decrease; currentD) decrease; expected salesAnswer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking9) Using the one-period valuation model, assuming a year-end dividend of $0.11, an expected sales price of $110, and a required rate of return of 10%, the current price of the stock would beA) $110.11.B) $121.12.C) $100.10.D) $100.11Answer: CAACSB: Analytical Thinking10) Using the one-period valuation model, assuming a year-end dividend of $1.00, an expected sales price of $100, and a required rate of return of 5%, the current price of the stock would beA) $110.00.B) $101.00.C) $100.00.D) $96.19.Answer: DAACSB: Analytical Thinking11) In the generalized dividend model, if the expected sales price is in the distant futureA) it does not affect the current stock price.B) it is more important than dividends in determining the current stock price.C) it is equally important with dividends in determining the current stock price.D) it is less important than dividends but still affects the current stock price.Answer: AAACSB: Analytical Thinking12) In the generalized dividend model, a future sales price far in the future does not affect the current stock price becauseA) the present value cannot be computed.B) the present value is almost zero.C) the sales price does not affect the current price.D) the stock may never be sold.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking13) In the generalized dividend model, the current stock price is the sum ofA) the actual value of the future dividend stream.B) the present value of the future dividend stream.C) the present value of the future dividend stream plus the actual future sales price.D) the present value of the future sales price.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking14) Using the Gordon growth model, a stock's current price will increase ifA) the dividend growth rate increases.B) the growth rate of dividends falls.C) the required rate of return on equity rises.D) the expected sales price rises.Answer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking15) Using the Gordon growth model, a stock's current price decreases whenA) the dividend growth rate increases.B) the required return on equity decreases.C) the expected dividend payment increases.D) the growth rate of dividends decreases.Answer: DAACSB: Reflective Thinking16) In the Gordon growth model, a decrease in the required rate of return on equityA) increases the current stock price.B) increases the future stock price.C) reduces the future stock price.D) reduces the current stock price.Answer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking17) Using the Gordon growth formula, if D1 is $2.00, k e is 12% or 0.12, and g is 10% or 0.10, then the current stock price isA) $20.B) $50.C) $100.D) $150.Answer: CAACSB: Analytical Thinking18) Using the Gordon growth formula, if D1 is $1.00, k e is 10% or 0.10, and g is 5% or 0.05, then the current stock price isA) $10.B) $20.C) $30.D) $40.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking19) Using the Gordon growth model, if D1 is $.50, k e is 7%, and g is 5%, then the present value of the stock isA) $2.50.B) $25.C) $50.D) $46.73.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking20) One of the assumptions of the Gordon Growth Model is that dividends will continue growing at ________ rate.A) an increasingB) a fastC) a constantD) an escalatingAnswer: CAACSB: Analytical Thinking21) In the Gordon Growth Model, the growth rate is assumed to be ________ the required return on equity.A) greater thanB) equal toC) less thanD) proportional toAnswer: CAACSB: Analytical Thinking22) You believe that a corporation's dividends will grow 5% on average into the foreseeable future. If the company's last dividend payment was $5 what should be the current price of the stock assuming a 12% required return?Answer: Use the Gordon Growth Model.$5(1 + .05)/(.12 - .05) = $75AACSB: Analytical Thinking23) What rights does ownership interest give stockholders?Answer: Stockholders have the right to vote on issues brought before the stockholders, be the residual claimant, that is, receive a portion of any net earnings of the corporation, and the right to sell the stock.AACSB: Reflective Thinking7.2 How the Market Sets Stock Prices1) In asset markets, an asset's price isA) set equal to the highest price a seller will accept.B) set equal to the highest price a buyer is willing to pay.C) set equal to the lowest price a seller is willing to accept.D) set by the buyer willing to pay the highest price.Answer: DAACSB: Reflective Thinking2) Information plays an important role in asset pricing because it allows the buyer to more accurately judgeA) liquidity.B) risk.C) capital.D) policy.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking3) New information that might lead to a decrease in a stock's price might beA) an expected decrease in the level of future dividends.B) a decrease in the required rate of return.C) an expected increase in the dividend growth rate.D) an expected increase in the future sales price.Answer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking4) A change in perceived risk of a stock changesA) the expected dividend growth rate.B) the expected sales price.C) the required rate of return.D) the current dividend.Answer: CAACSB: Reflective Thinking5) A stock's price will fall if there isA) a decrease in perceived risk.B) an increase in the required rate of return.C) an increase in the future sales price.D) current dividends are high.Answer: BAACSB: Reflective Thinking6) A monetary expansion ________ stock prices due to a decrease in the ________ and an increase in the ________, everything else held constant.A) reduces; future sales price; expected rate of returnB) reduces; current dividend; expected rate of returnC) increases; required rate of return; future sales priceD) increases; required rate of return; dividend growth rateAnswer: DAACSB: Reflective Thinking7) The global financial crisis lead to a decline in stock prices becauseA) of a lowered expected dividend growth rate.B) of a lowered required return on investment in equity.C) higher expected future stock prices.D) higher current dividends.Answer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking8) Increased uncertainty resulting from the global financial crisis ________ the required return on investment in equity.A) raisedB) loweredC) had no impact onD) decreasedAnswer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking7.3 The Theory of Rational Expectations1) Economists have focused more attention on the formation of expectations in recent years. This increase in interest can probably best be explained by the recognition thatA) expectations influence the behavior of participants in the economy and thus have a major impact on economic activity.B) expectations influence only a few individuals, have little impact on the overall economy, but can have important effects on a few markets.C) expectations influence many individuals, have little impact on the overall economy, but can have distributional effects.D) models that ignore expectations have little predictive power, even in the short run. Answer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking2) The view that expectations change relatively slowly over time in response to new information is known in economics asA) rational expectations.B) irrational expectations.C) slow-response expectations.D) adaptive expectations.Answer: DAACSB: Analytical Thinking3) If expectations of the future inflation rate are formed solely on the basis of a weighted average of past inflation rates, then economists would say that expectation formation isA) irrational.B) rational.C) adaptive.D) reasonable.Answer: CAACSB: Analytical Thinking4) If expectations are formed adaptively, then peopleA) use more information than just past data on a single variable to form their expectations of that variable.B) often change their expectations quickly when faced with new information.C) use only the information from past data on a single variable to form their expectations of that variable.D) never change their expectations once they have been made.Answer: CAACSB: Reflective Thinking5) If during the past decade the average rate of monetary growth has been 5% and the average inflation rate has been 5%, everything else held constant, when the Federal Reserve announces that the new rate of monetary growth will be 10%, the adaptive expectation forecast of the inflation rate isA) 5%.B) between 5 and 10%.C) 10%.D) more than 10%.Answer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking6) The major criticism of the view that expectations are formed adaptively is thatA) this view ignores that people use more information than just past data to form their expectations.B) it is easier to model adaptive expectations than it is to model rational expectations.C) adaptive expectations models have no predictive power.D) people are irrational and therefore never learn from past mistakes.Answer: AAACSB: Reflective Thinking7) In rational expectations theory, the term "optimal forecast" is essentially synonymous withA) correct forecast.B) the correct guess.C) the actual outcome.D) the best guess.Answer: DAACSB: Analytical Thinking8) If a forecast is made using all available information, then economists say that the expectation formation isA) rational.B) irrational.C) adaptive.D) reasonable.Answer: AAACSB: Analytical Thinking9) If a forecast made using all available information is NOT perfectly accurate, then it isA) still a rational expectation.B) not a rational expectation.C) an adaptive expectation.D) a second-best expectation.Answer: AAACSB: Analytical Thinking10) If expectations are formed rationally, then individualsA) will have a forecast that is 100% accurate all of the time.B) change their forecast when faced with new information.C) use only the information from past data on a single variable to form their forecast.D) have forecast errors that are persistently low.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking11) If additional information is not used when forming an optimal forecast because it is not available at that time, then expectations areA) obviously formed irrationally.B) still considered to be formed rationally.C) formed adaptively.D) formed equivalently.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking12) An expectation may fail to be rational ifA) relevant information was not available at the time the forecast is made.B) relevant information is available but ignored at the time the forecast is made.C) information changes after the forecast is made.D) information was available to insiders only.Answer: BAACSB: Analytical Thinking13) According to rational expectations theory, forecast errors of expectationsA) are more likely to be negative than positive.B) are more likely to be positive than negative.C) tend to be persistently high or low.D) are unpredictable.Answer: DAACSB: Analytical Thinking。