3 Decision Methods: Npv, Irr and Others

Abstract:     
This is a course material from the book Investment Decision Making. For Firm and Project Valuation. The book is originally in Spanish and is untitled as Decisiones de inversión. Para la valoración financiera de proyectos y empresas.

Chapter Three includes the study of different method for financial decision making. This includes the Net Present Value, NPV, Internal Rate of Return, IRR, and the Benefit - Cost Ratio. We study the implicit assumptions in each of the methods, the limitations and advantages in using each method. The selection of projects with capital rationing is included in this chapter. As a complement, we study in this chapter other methods that do not take into account the time value of money.

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Number of Pages in PDF File: 53

Keywords: NPV, IRR, Cost-Benefit Ratio, present value, capital rationing, payback period

JEL Classification: G31

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