The survey findings indicate the existence of gap between theory and practice of capital budgeting. Standard appraisal methods have shown a wider project value discrepancy, which is beyond and above the contingency limit. In addition, the research has found the growing trend in the use of value...

This paper introduces a new method, different from the discounted cash flow (DCF) method, for the first time, to estimate NPV and IRR. This method makes use of the capital amortization schedule (CAS). The functional relationship between the closing balance in CAS and the NPV and IRR are derived...

The validity of the NPV rule and the criticisms against IRR are evaluated using a capital amortization approach (CA) and the results presented. Negative or zero or no IRR is consistent with the net cash flow (NCF) when the sum of NCF is either zero or negative. Reinvestment, with non-normal NCF,...

This paper sets forth a pair of distinctive contributions to the subject. In the first place, it provides a unified approach to capital investment decisions, by means of a two-tiered framework of analysis. Such approach consists in working out the net present value of the project by discounting...

The reliability of capital investment analysis is often questioned because of the controversy surrounding the assumption of reinvestment of the intermediate income in the estimation of IRR and NPV. A simulation study is conducted to test the validity of this assumption. The simulation involves a...

This analysis is conducted using some popular non-normal net cash flow (NNCF) investment data available in public domain and other hypothetical NNCF data. The methodology is mainly based on capital amortization schedule (CAS) and modified CAS (MCAS) methods along with a comparison of the results...

All conceivable solutions to the internal rate of return equation are shown to have meaning as well as use. Internal rates of return are the units in which value is measured and the quantities of such units. This result implies a single internal rate of return cannot be an investment criterion....