California Hideaways Is Considering a New Project Whose Data Are

question 48

Multiple Choice

California Hideaways is considering a new project whose data are shown below. The equipment has a 4-year project life. This equipment falls into class 43 with a CCA rate of 30% and would have zero salvage value. No new working capital would be required. Revenues and cash operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 4-year life. What is the project's NPV? (Hint: Cash flows are constant in Years 1 to 4.)

• A) $28,499
• B) $23,402
• C) $19,417
• D) $16,284

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Definitions:

Cournot Equilibrium

A condition in a duopoly market where each firm chooses the quantity to produce to maximize its own profit, assuming the other's output is fixed.

Marginal Cost

An additional cost incurred by producing one more unit of a product or service, a key concept in economics for decision-making.

Inverse Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded when price is the independent variable.

Cournot Duopolists

Firms in a duopoly market structure (two firms) where each firm determines its production level assuming the other firm's production level is fixed, as in the Cournot competition model.