There are two ways to view the inter-temporal risk profile of a finite stream of cash flows that is represented by a binomial process. We can examine the risk profile of the cash flow process or the value process that is derived from the cash flow process. First, with respect to a given year n,...

If the forecast period is short, then the specification of the assumption for the calculation of the terminal may be an important element of the valuation exercise. To be specific, with respect to the reference year 0, the (present) value of the terminal value may be more than fifty percent of...

In a recent paper, Ruback (2000) assumes that the discount rate for the tax shield in the Adjusted Present Value (APV) approach is the cost of debt and shows that the Capital Cash Flow (CCF) method and the Adjusted Present Value (APV) approach give different answers for the levered value. In...

Unquestionably, before the advent of the personal computer, modeling the impacts of inflation in investment appraisal was an enormous task. Currently, with the widespread availability of personal computers, conducting investment appraisal by constructing financial statements with nominal prices...

Using no-arbitrage arguments in an M amp; M world, we show that in the N-period case, the appropriate discount rate for the tax shield is rho, the return to unlevered equity. We make no assumption about the appropriate discount rate for the tax shield. Instead, the appropriate discount rate for...

This paper presents a critical review of the conceptual issues involved in accounting for financial risk in project appraisal. It begins by examining three of the main approaches to assessing risk: the use of the probability distributions of project outcomes, such as the NPV, the use of a single...

Researchers continue to quot;horse racequot; the Residual Income (RI) model and the Cash Flow (CF) model, with no regard for the underlying assumptions. Recently, Lundholm and O'Keefe (2000) asserted that they have identified an important reason for the discrepancy between the results obtained...

Recently, Lundholm and O'Keefe (2000) identified the estimation of the WACC as an important reason for the discrepancy between the value estimates obtained from the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Residual Income (RI) models. In this paper, I discuss how we can obtain consistent value estimates...

This paper discusses the calculation of financial discount rates in the presence of taxes and inflation. With respect to financing, there are two options. The debt-equity ratio may be constant or variable over the life of the project. If it is assumed that the debt-equity ratio is constant, then...

The typical assumption about cashflows in perpetuity is not appropriate in practical project appraisal because the length of project life is always finite. In this paper, I discuss the calculation of multiperiod financial discount rates for a project with a finite life. The impact of taxes and...