Preface | |
Engineering Economic Analysis | |
Introduction | |
Time Value of Money | |
Ten Principles of Engineering Economic Analysis | |
Systematic Economic Analysis Technique (SEAT) | |
When the Time Value of Money Need Not Be Considered | |
Summary | |
Time Value Of Money | |
Introduction | |
Cash Flow Diagrams | |
Simple Interest Calculations | |
Compound Interest Calculations | |
Multiple Compounding Periods in a Year | |
When Compounding and Cash Flow Frequencies Differ | |
Special and Limiting Cases of Time Value of Money Factors | |
Summary | |
Appendix | |
A Continuous Compound Interest Calculations (brief treatment) | |
Discrete Cash Flows | |
Continuous Cash Flows | |
Borrowing, Lending, And Investing | |
Introduction | |
Four Methods of Repaying Loans | |
Which Repayment Method Is Best for the Borrower? | |
Real Estate Investment | |
Interest Payments and Principal Payments | |
Retirement Planning | |
Equivalence and Indifference | |
Purchasing and Selling Bonds | |
Variable Interest Rates | |
Summary | |
Establishing The Planning Horizon And The Minimum Attractive Rate Of Return | |
Introduction | |
Choosing the Planning Horizon | |
Specifying the Minimum Attractive Rate of Return | |
Summary | |
Present Worth Analysis | |
Introduction | |
Comparing Alternatives | |
Present Worth: Single Alternative | |
Present Worth: Multiple Alternatives | |
Present Worth: "One Shot" Investments | |
Discounted Payback Period: Single Alternative | |
Discounted Payback Period: Multiple Alternatives | |
Capitalized Worth: Single Alternative | |
Capitalized Worth: Multiple Alternatives | |
Summary | |
Future Worth Analysis | |
Introduction | |
Future Worth: Single Alternative | |
Future Worth: Multiple Alternatives | |
Maximizing the Investment Portfolio | |
More on Unequal Lives | |
Summary | |
Annual Worth Analysis | |
Introduction | |
Annual Worth: Equal Lives | |
Annual Worth: Multiple Alternatives | |
Least Common Multiple of Lives Assumption | |
Unequal Lives Re-Visited | |
Capital Recovery Cost | |
Summary | |
Rate Of Return Analysis | |
Introduction | |
Internal Rate of Return: Single Alternative | |
Internal Rate of Return: Multiple Alternatives | |
External Rate of Return: Single Alternative | |
External Rate of Return: Multiple Alternatives | |
Analyzing Alternatives with No Positive Cash Flows | |
Summary | |
Appendix | |
A Modified Internal Rate of Return | |
Single Alternative | |
Multiple Alternatives | |
Depreciation Methods | |
Introduction | |
Background on Depreciation Accounting | |
Straight Line Depreciation (SLN) | |
Declining Balance and Double Declining Balance Depreciation (DB and DDB) | |
Switching from DDB to SLN with VDB | |
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) | |
Comparison of Depreciation Methods | |
Summary | |
Appendix | |
A Sum-of-Years-Digits Depreciation | |
Appendix | |
B Other Depreciation Methods | |
Unit of Production Method | |
Operating Day (Hour) Method | |
Income Forecast Method | |
Appendix | |
C Depletion | |
After-Tax Economic Analysis | |
Introduction | |
Tax Concepts | |
Corporate Income Taxes | |
After-Tax Cash Flow without Borrowing | |
After-Tax Comparison of Alternatives | |
After-Tax Cash Flows with Borrowing | |
How Much Money Should a Company Borro | |
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