Public Finance (The McGraw-Hill Series in Economics)
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ISBN: 9780078021688
Author: Harvey S Rosen, Ted Gayer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 4DQ
Suppose that you are planning to take a year vacation to bike across the United States. Someone is willing to you a new bicycle for $500. At the end of the year, you expect to resell the bicycle for $350. The benefit to you of using the bicycle is the equivalent of $170.
- What is the
internal rate of return ? - If the discount rate is 5 percent, should you buy the bicycle?
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