PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Chapter 5, Problem 1PS
Payback*
- a. What is the payback period on each of the following projects?
- b. Given that you wish to use the payback rule with a cutoff period of two years, which projects would you accept?
- c. If you use a cutoff period of three years, which projects would you accept?
- d. If the
opportunity cost of capital is 10%, which projects have positive NPVs? - e. “If a firm uses a single cutoff period for all projects, it is likely to accept too many short-lived projects.” True or false?
- f. If the firm uses the discounted-payback rule, will it accept any negative-
NPV projects? Will it turn down any positive-NPV projects?
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PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Ch. 5 - (IRR) Check the IRRs for project F in Section 5-3.Ch. 5 - (IRR) What is the IRR of a project with the...Ch. 5 - (XIRR) What is the IRR of a project with the...Ch. 5 - Payback a. What is the payback period on each of...Ch. 5 - Payback Consider the following projects: a. If the...Ch. 5 - Prob. 3PSCh. 5 - IRR Write down the equation defining a projects...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5PSCh. 5 - IRR Calculate the IRR (or IRRs) for the following...Ch. 5 - IRR rule You have the chance to participate in a...
Ch. 5 - IRR rule Consider a project with the following...Ch. 5 - IRR rule Consider projects Alpha and Beta: The...Ch. 5 - IRR rule Consider the following two mutually...Ch. 5 - IRR rule Mr. Cyrus Clops, the president of Giant...Ch. 5 - Prob. 12PSCh. 5 - Investment criteria Consider the following two...Ch. 5 - Profitability index Look again at projects D and E...Ch. 5 - Capital rationing Suppose you have the following...Ch. 5 - Prob. 17PSCh. 5 - Prob. 18PS
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