Present value calculations require predictions of cash flows both at near and distant future points in time. Such predictions are generally surrounded by considerable uncertainty and may critically depend on assumptions about parameter values as well as the form and stability of the data...

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Entscheidungswirkungen der deutschen Abschnittsbesteuerung auf die optimale Repatriierung multinationaler Unternehmen untersucht. Anhand des Beispiels einer inländischen Einzelunternehmung, die eine Finanzanlage oder eine Realinvestition entweder in einer...

Weitzman (1998) showed that when future interest rates are uncertain, using the expected net present value implies a term structure of discount rates that is decreasing to the smallest possible interest rate. On the contrary, using the expected net future value criterion implies an increasing...