Interest Expense Is Typically Excluded in the Project Cash Flow

question 45

Multiple Choice

Interest expense is typically excluded in the project cash flow because:

• A) all projects are always financed only by equity.
• B) taxes cannot be adjusted for the correct debt rate.
• C) the discount rate or WACC reflects the cost of debt.
• D) the analysis is too crude to handle debt impacts.

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