FIN 3104 Study Guide - Final Guide: Capital Budgeting, Net Present Value

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Capital budgeting is decision making with respect to investment in long term assets (over one year): fixed assets, strategic decisions, large initial cash ows (ex: new hotel resort, commitment for multiple years, hard to reverse. Capital budgeting is design to answer two questions: which problems to accept, what the size of your capital budget is. Payback identi es how long it takes to recoup the initial investment outlay. Accept if the payback period is less than or equal to a pre-speci ed cut-o payback. After two years, project b has ,000 left, so you have 2 years + 2,000. However, after 5 years, project b will receive ,000,000! 2. 1. 1 negative consequences of payback: ignores the time value of money, ignores cash ows after the payback period, there is no way to determine the appropriate cut-o . 2. 1. 2 positive consequences of payback: easy to understand, emphasizes liquidity.

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