Economic Analysis of Industrial Projects
Third Edition, provides the best possible methods for applying economic analysis theory
to practice. Completely revised and expanded in this new edition, the text now includes
five new chapters and new material on real options analysis and replacement analysis. The
theory is good, well presented, and well referenced with good problems. The material is
new and incorporates a great deal of the research in this area from the last thirty years.
The problems are carefully thought out and complement the text well-far better than I am
accustomed to in a graduate text. William R. Peterson, PhD The text definitely has the
depth needed for a graduate course and at the same time includes the basic principles. The
authors have done a wonderful job of maintaining this balance. Meaningful and practical
end-of-chapter problems are a bonus. Surendra Singh, University of Tulsa
PART ONE: Basic Concepts ; 1. The Firm Economic Exchanges and Objectives ; 1.1
Introduction ; 1.2 Economic ExchangeAThe Input-Output Basis of the Firm ; 1.3 Functions of
the Firm: Financing, Investing, Producing ; 1.4 Objectives of the Firm ; 1.5 Sources and
Uses of Funds ; 1.6 Summary ; References ; Problems ; 2. Interest, Interest Factors, and
Equivalence ; 2.1 What is Interest? ; -2.1.1 Perfect capital market assumptions ; -2.1.2
The consumption basis of single-period exchange ; -2.1.3 Multi-period exchange ; -2.1.4
Fundamental interest equation ; -2.1.5 The equilibrium market price concept of interest
rates ; 2.2 Notation and Cash Flow Diagrams ; 2.3 Tabulated Compound Interest Factors ;
-2.3.1 Factors relating P and F ; -2.3.2 Factors relating A and F ; -2.3.3 Factors
relating P and A ; -2.3.4 Arithmetic gradient conversion factors ; 2.4 Examples of Time
Value of Money Calculations ; 2.5 Geometric Gradients ; 2.6 Nominal and Effective Interest
Rates ; 2.7 Continuous Interest Factors ; 2.8 Extended Engineering Economy Factors and
Spreadsheets and Calculators ; -2.8.1 Advantages of extended engineering economy factors ;
-2.8.2 Notation for extended engineering economy factors ; -2.8.3 Spreadsheet annuity
functions ; -2.8.4 Time value of money (TVM) calculators ; 2.9 Spreadsheets and Cash Flow
Tables ; -2.9.1 Advantages of spreadsheets for economic analysis ; -2.9.2 Effective and
efficient spreadsheet construction ; 2.10 Economic Interpretation of Equivalent Annual
Amount ; 2.11 Summary ; References ; Problems ; 3. Estimating Costs and Benefits-Lead
Coauthor Heather Nachtmann ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Cash Flow Estimates ; 3.3 Life Cycle
Estimation ; 3.4 Classification of Estimates ; 3.5 Estimation Data ; 3.6 Basic Estimation
Techniques-Indexes and Per Unit ; -3.6.1 Indexes ; -3.6.2 Unit Technique ; 3.7 Factor
Technique ; 3.8 Cost Estimation Relationships ; -3.8.1 Development Process ; -3.8.2
Capacity Functions ; -3.8.3 Learning Curves ; 3.9 Growth Curves ; 3.10 Estimating Product
Costs ; -3.10.1 Direct costs ; -3.10.2 Indirect costs ; 3.11 Sensitivity Analysis ; 3.12
Summary ; References ; Problems ; 4. Depreciation: Techniques and Strategies ; 4.1
Introduction ; 4.2 Depreciation Strategies ; 4.3 Definitions ; -4.3.1 Depreciable property
; -4.3.2 Basis of property ; -4.3.3 Recovery period ; -4.3.4 Salvage value ; -4.3.5
Symbols and notation ; 4.4 Basis and Book Value Determination ; -4.4.1 Definition of
initial basis and book value ; -4.4.2 Special first-year write-offs ; -4.4.3 Like-for-like
replacement ; 4.5 Methods of Depreciation ; -4.5.1 Introduction ; -4.5.2 The straight-line
method ; -4.5.3 The declining balance method ; -4.5.4 The sum-of-the-years' digits (SOYD)
method ; -4.5.5 Switching ; -4.5.6 Units of production ; -4.5.7 Reasons for accelerated
depreciation ; -4.5.8 Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) ; -4.5.9 Job
Creation and Worker Assistance Act ; -4.5.10 Comparing book values with different
depreciation methods ; 4.6 The Present Value of the Cash Flow Due to Depreciation ; -4.6.1
Straight-line method ; -4.6.2 Declining balance method ; -4.6.3 Sum-of-years' digits
method ; -4.6.4 Modified accelerated cost recovery system ; 4.7 Simple Depreciation
Strategies ; -4.7.1 Accelerated depreciation is better ; -4.7.2 Declining balance method
versus the straight-line method ; -4.7.3 The declining balance method versus the
sum-of-years' digits method ; 4.8 Complications Involving Depreciation Strategies ; 4.9
Summary of Conclusions: Depreciation ; 4.10 Depletion of Resources ; -4.10.1 Entitlement
to depletion ; -4.10.2 Methods for computing depletion deductions ; -4.10.3 The depletion
deduction ; -4.10.4 Typical percentage depletion rates ; 4.11 Amortization of Prepaid
Expenses and Intangible Property ; References ; Problems ; 5. Corporate Tax Considerations
; 5.1 Introduction ; 5.2 Ordinary Income Tax Liability ; 5.3 Federal Income Tax Rates ;
-5.3.1 Investment tax credit ; 5.4 Generalized Cash Flows from Operations ; 5.5 Tax
Liability When Selling Fixed Assets ; -5.5.1 What are Section 1231 assets? ; -5.5.2 Tax
treatment of 1231 assets ; 5.6 Typical Calculations for After-Tax Cash Flows ; 5.7
After-Tax Replacement Analysis ; 5.8 Value-added Tax ; References ; Problems ; 6. The
Financing Function ; 6.1 Introduction ; 6.2 Costs of Capital for Specific Financing
Sources ; 6.3 Cost of Debt Capital ; -6.3.1 Short-term capital costs ; -6.3.2 Capital
costs for bonds ; 6.4 Cost of Preferred Stock ; 6.5 Cost of Equity Capital (Common Stock)
; -6.5.1 Dividend valuation model ; -6.5.2 The Gordon-Shapiro growth model ; -6.5.3 The
Solomon growth model ; -6.5.4 Note on book value of stock ; -6.5.5 Capital asset pricing
model (CAPM) ; -6.5.6 Cost of retained earnings ; -6.5.7 Treasury stock ; 6.6 Weighted
Average Cost of Capital ; 6.7 Marginal Cost of Capital ; -6.7.1 Market values imply a
marginal cost approach ; -6.7.2 Marginal cost-marginal revenue approach ; -6.7.3 A
discounted cash flow approach ; -6.7.4 Mathematical approach to marginal cost of capital ;
6.8 Numerical Example of the Marginal Weighted Average Cost of Capital ; -6.8.1
Calculation of the present weighted average cost of capital ; -6.8.2 The future weighted
average cost of capital after provision for new capital ; -6.8.3 The marginal cost of
capital ; 6.9 MARR and Risk ; 6.10 WACC and the Pecking Order Model ; 6.11 Summary ;
References ; Problems ;
PART TWO: Deterministic Investment Analysis ; 7. Economic Measures ; 7.1 Introduction ;
7.2 Assumptions for Unconstrained Selection ; 7.3 Some Measures of Investment Worth
(Acceptance Criteria) ; 7.4 The Payback Period ; -7.4.1 Payback rate of return ; -7.4.2
Discounted payback ; 7.5 Criteria Using Discounted Cash Flows ; 7.6 The Net Present Value
Criterion ; -7.6.1 Production-consumption opportunities of the firm ; -7.6.2 The present
value criterion for project selection ; -7.6.3 Multi-period analysis ; -7.6.4
Characteristics of net present value ; 7.7 The Benefit-Cost Ratio Criteria ; 7.8 Internal
Rate of Return ; -7.8.1 Defining the internal rate of return ; -7.8.2 The fundamental
meaning of internal rate of return ; -7.8.3 Conventional and nonconventional investments
(and loans) ; -7.8.4 Conventional investments and internal rate of return ; 7.9
Nonconventional Investment ; -7.9.1 Nonconventional investment defined ; -7.9.2
Conventional, pure investments ; -7.9.3 Analyzing nonconventional investments ; -7.9.4
Numerical examples ; 7.10 Roots for the PW Equation ; -7.10.1 Using the root space for P,
A, and F ; -7.10.2 Defining the root space for P, A, and F ; -7.10.3 Practical
implications of the root space for P, A, and F ; 7.11 Internal Rate of Return and the
Lorie-Savage Problem ; -7.11.1 Multiple positive roots for rate of return ; -7.11.2 Return
on invested capital ; -7.11.3 Present worth and the Lorie-Savage problem ; 7.12
Subscription/Membership Problem ; 7.13 Summary ; References ; Problems ; 8. Replacement
Analysis ; 8.1 Introduction ; 8.2 Infinite Horizon Stationary Replacement Policies ;
-8.2.1 Stationary costs (no technological change) ; -8.2.2 Technological change and
stationary results ; 8.3 Non-Stationary Replacement Policies ; -8.3.1 Age-based state
space approach ; -8.3.2 Length of service state space approach ; -8.3.3 Applying dynamic
programming to an infinite horizon problem ; -8.3.4 Solving with linear programming ; 8.4
After-Tax Replacement Analysis ; 8.5 Parallel Replacement Analysis ; 8.6 Summary and
Further Topics ; References ; Problems ; 9. Methods of Selection Among Multiple Projects ;
9.1 Introduction ; 9.2 Project Dependence ; 9.3 Capital Rationing ; 9.4 Comparison
Methodologies ; 9.5 The Reinvestment Rate Problem ; 9.6 The Reinvestment Assumption
Underlying Net Present Value ; 9.7 The Reinvestment Assumption Underlying the Internal
Rate of Return: Fisher's Intersection ; 9.8 Incremental Rates of Return ; -9.8.1
Incremental rate of return applied to the constrained project selection problem ; -9.8.2
Inclusion of constraints ; 9.9 The Weingartner Formulation ; -9.9.1 Objective function ;
-9.9.2 Constraints ; -9.9.3 The completed Weingartner model ; -9.9.4 Constrained project
selection using Solver ; 9.10 Constrained Project Selection by Ranking on IRR ; -9.10.1
The opportunity cost of foregone investments ; -9.10.2 Perfect market assumptions ;
-9.10.3 Internally imposed budget constraint ; -9.10.4 Contrasting IRR and WACC
assumptions ; -9.10.5 Summary of ranking on IRR ; 9.11 Summary ; References ; Problems ;
PART THREE: Investment Analysis under Risk and Uncertainty ; 10. Optimization in
Project Selection (Extended Deterministic Formulations) ; 10.1 Introduction ; 10.2
Invalidation of the Separation Theorem ; 10.3 Alternative Models of the Selection Problem
; -10.3.1 Weingartner's horizon models ; -10.3.2 The Bernhard generalized horizon model ;
-10.3.3 Notation ; -10.3.4 Objective function ; -10.3.5 Constraints ; -10.3.6 Problems in
the measurement of terminal wealth ; -10.3.7 Additional restrictions ; -10.3.8 The
Kuhn-Tucker conditions ; -10.3.9 Properties of ; -10.3.10 Special cases ; 10.4 Project
Selection by Goal Programming Methods ; -10.4.1 Goal programming format ; -10.4.2 An
example of formulating and solving a goal programming problem ; -10.4.3 Project selection
by goal programming ; 10.5 Summary ; Appendix 10.A Compilation of Project Selection
Problem ; References ; Problems ; 11. Utility Theory ; 11.1 Introduction ; -11.1.1
Definitions of Probability ; 11.2 Choices under Uncertainty: The St. Petersburg Paradox ;
11.3 The Bernoulli Principle: Expected Utility ; -11.3.1 The Bernoulli solution. ; -11.3.2
Preference theory: the Neumann-Morgenstern hypothesis ; -11.3.3 The axiomatic basis of
expected utility ; 11.4 Procuring a Neumann Morgenstern Utility Function ; -11.4.1 The
standard lottery method. ; -11.4.2 Empirical determinations of utility functions ; 11.5
Risk Aversion and Utility Functions ; -11.5.1 Risk aversion as a function of wealth ;
-11.5.2 Other risk-avoiding utility functions ; -11.5.3 Linear utility functions: Expected
monetary value ; -11.5.4 Complex utility functions: Risk seekers and insurance buyers ;
-11.5.5. Reconciling firm's utility and behavior by employees and managers ; 11.6 Summary
; References ; Problems ; 12. Stochastic Cash Flows ; 12.1 Introduction ; 12.2 Single
Risky ProjectsARandom Cash Flows ; -12.2.1 Estimates of cash flows ; -12.2.2 Expectation
and variance of project net present value ; -12.2.3 Autocorrelations among cash flows
(same project) ; -12.2.4 Probability statements about net present value ; 12.3 Multiple
Risky Projects and Constraints ; -12.3.1 Variance of cross-correlated cash flow streams ;
-12.3.2 The candidate set of projects ; -12.3.3 Multiple project selection by maximizing
expected net present value ; 12.4 Accounting for Uncertain Future States ; 12.5 Summary ;
References ; Problems ; 13, Decision Making Under Risk ; 13.1 Introduction ; 13.2 Decision
Networks ; 13.3 Decision Trees ; 13.4 Sequential Decision Trees ; 13.5 Decision Trees and
Risk ; -13.5.1 Stochastic decision trees ; -13.5.2 Applications ; 13.6 Expected Value of
Perfect Information ; 13.7 Simulation ; 13.8 Summary ; References ; Problems ; 14. Real
Options Analysis ; 14.1 Introduction ; 14.2 Financial Options ; 14.3 Real Options ;
-14.3.1 Historical development ; -14.3.2 The real option model ; -14.3.3 Interest rates ;
-14.3.4 Time ; -14.3.5 Present value of future cash flows ; 14.4 Real Option Volatility ;
-14.4.1 Actionable volatility ; -14.4.2 Logarithmic cash flow method ; -14.4.3 Stock proxy
method ; -14.4.4 Management estimates method. ; -14.4.5 Logarithmic present value returns
method (CA method) ; -14.4.6 Standard deviation of cash flows ; -14.4.7 Internal Rate of
Return ; -14.4.8. Actionable volatility revisited ; 14.5 Binomial Lattices ; 14.6 The
Deferral Option: Dementia Drug Example ; -14.6.1 Definition and NPV calculation ; -14.6.2
Volatility ; -14.6.3 Black-Scholes results ; -14.6.4 Binomial lattices ; 14.7 The Deferral
Option: Oil Well Example ; -14.7.1 NPV. ; -14.7.2 Delay option formulation ; -14.7.3
Black-Scholes results ; -14.7.4 Binomial lattices ; 14.8 The Abandonment Option ; 14.9
Compound Options ; -14.9.1 Multi-stage options modeling ; -14.9.2 Multi-stage option
example ; -14.9.3 Closed form solution ; -14.9.4 Volatility issues in multi-stage modeling
; 14.10 Current Issues with Real Options ; 14.11 Summary ; Appendix 14.A Derivation of the
Black-Scholes Equation ; References ; Problems ; 15. Capacity Expansion and Planning ;
15.1 Introduction ; 15.2 Expansion Analysis ; -15.2.1 Dynamic deterministic evaluation ;
-15.2.2 Dynamic probabilistic evaluation ; 15.3 Capacity Planning Strategies ; -15.3.1
Maximizing market share strategy ; -15.3.2 Maximizing utilization of capacity strategy ;
15.4 Summary ; References ; Problems ; 16. Project Selection Using Capital Asset Pricing
Theory ; 16.1 Introduction ; 16.2 Portfolio Theory ; -16.2.1 Securities and portfolios ;
-16.2.2 Mean and variance of a portfolio ; -16.2.3 Dominance among securities and
portfolios ; -16.2.4 Efficient portfolios ; -16.2.5 The risk in a portfolio ; 16.3
Security Market Line and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) ; -16.3.1 Combinations of
risky and riskless assets ; -16.3.2 The security market line ; -16.3.3 The capital asset
pricing model (CAPM) ; 16.4 Firm's Security Market Line and Project Acceptance ; -16.4.1
Projects and the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) ; -16.4.2 Risk/return trade-offs and
the firm's security market line ; 16.5 The Firm's Portfolio of Projects ; -16.5.1 Why do
firms use project portfolios? ; -16.5.2 Can security portfolio theory be extended to
project portfolios? ; -16.5.3 Reasonable inferences from security portfolio theory to
project portfolios ; -16.5.4 Can the capital asset pricing model for securities be
extended to projects? ; 16.6 Summary ; References ; Problems ; Appendix ; Index
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