Capital Rationin g . You are a manager with an investment budget of $8 million. You may invest in the following projects. Investment and cash-flow figures are in millions of dollars.
P r oject
Discount
Rat e , %
I n v estment
An n ual
Cash Fl o w
P r oject Lif e , Y ea r s
A
10
3
1
5
B
12
4
8
C
2
D
1.5
E
6
a. Why might these projects have different discount rates?
b. Which projects should the manager choose?
c. Which projects will be chosen if there is no capital rationing?