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kmoyer2

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Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a cash flow and thus should NOT be reflected in the analysis of a capital budgeting project?

increases in net operating working capital


sunk costs that have been expensed for tax purposes


cannibalization effects


opportunity costs



Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes a situation involving sunk costs?

A good example of a sunk cost is money that an investment corporation spent last year to investigate the site for a new office, then expensed those funds for tax purposes, and now is deciding whether to go forward with the project.


A good example of a sunk cost is a situation where a company opens a new shopping centre, and that new shopping centre leads to a decline in sales of the company’s other shopping centres.


An example of a sunk cost is the cost associated with restoring the site of a strip mine once the ore has been depleted.


If sunk costs are ignored and not reflected in a project’s cash flows, then the project’s calculated NPV will be lower than it otherwise would be.



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Marked as best answer by kmoyer2 on Aug 7, 2023

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kmoyer2

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Reply 2 on: Aug 7, 2023
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


amandanbreshears

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
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