1. Price-level adjustment may be accomplished by using specific price indexes as well as a general price-level index. One possibility is to use a weighted-average price index for the firm's own mix of assets. 'What are the dangers here? 2. Contrast financial capital maintenance with physical capital maintenance. 3. Why might it be said that both constant dollar and current cost income numbers under SFAS No. 33 are “disaggregated?”

Using a weighted-average price index based on the firm's own asset mix to adjust for price levels…

Price-level adjustment may be accomplished by using specific price indexes as well as a general price-level index. One possibility is to use a weighted-average price index for the firm's own mix of assets. 'What are the dangers here? 2. Contrast financial capital maintenance with physical capital maintenance. 3. Why might it be said that both constant dollar and current cost income numbers under SFAS No. 33 are “disaggregated?”

Price-level adjustment may be accomplished by using specific price indexes as well as a general price-level index. One possibility is to use a weighted-average price index for the firm's own mix of assets. 'What are the dangers here? 2. Contrast financial capital maintenance with physical capital maintenance. 3. Why might it be said that both constant dollar and current cost income numbers under SFAS No. 33 are “disaggregated?”

Microeconomic Theory

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ISBN:9781337517942

Author:NICHOLSON

Publisher:NICHOLSON

Chapter17: Capital And Time

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