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