Your firm is considering a project with a discount rate of 9%. If you start the projecttoday, your firm will incur an initial cost of $490 and will receive cash inflows of$365 per year for 3 years. If you instead wait one year to start the project, the initial cost will rise to $530 and the cash flows will increase to $405 a year for the following 3 years. Would your firm be better off starting the project now or waiting to start the project in a year? Explain clearly including an estimate of the value of the option to wait.

If the company start the project today then NPV of the project,

Year                Cash Flow             PV of Cash flow

0                             -490                          -490

1                              365                   365/1.09= 334.86

2                              365                   365/1.09^2 = 307.21

3                              365                   365/1.09^3= 281.85

                                                                    NPV = 433.92

NPV of Project0= $ 433.92

If a company start a project after one year,

Year        Cash Flow                                 PV of Cash flow

0                       0                                                    0

1                     -530                                  -530/1.09= -486.24

2                           405                                      405/1.09^2 =340.88

3                      405                                   405/1.09^3 = 312.73

4                      405                                   405/1.09^4 = 286.91

                                                                           NPV = 454.28

NPV of Project1= $ 454.28

Here for project start after one year has more Net Present Value of cash flow compared to which start now.

So, Starting a project after one year is more profitable.

answer may be d i think

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