A discount rate is a percentage rate that investors use to measure the value of future cash flows in today's dollars. A discount rate has a wide variety of applications in terms of analyzing ...

In regulatory cost benefit analysis the discount rate translates future value to present terms. Regulatory costs, such as investments in pollution control equipment or redesigning nutrition labels, ...

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First, let’s be clear on what the discount rate is. If we consider valuation calculations as a two-step process, the first step is to determine the expected future cash flows from the pension scheme ...

The next step in my research on threats to retiree income involves earnings multiples and discount rates. The application space here is REITs, but the general points made apply much more broadly. It ...