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A comparable firm in the industrial sector has a levered equity beta of 1.45. The firm maintains a market value debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60 and faces a marginal tax rate of 25%.
Using the Hamada relationship and assuming a debt beta of zero, what is the firm's unlevered asset beta?
- 1.00
- 1.16
- 0.91
- 2.10
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