Investment Appraisal Techniques

MA – May 2016 – L2 – Q2a – Discounted Cash Flow, Decision Making Techniques

Discuss the justifications for the popularity and limitations of Payback Period and ARR as investment appraisal techniques.

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It is said that of all the capital investment evaluation approaches, the Payback (PB) and Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) methods are widely used in practice. But these methods are not without limitations.

Required:

i) State TWO justifications of Payback Period and ONE justification of ARR for their popularity in practice as investment appraisal techniques.
(3 marks)

ii) Outline TWO limitations each for Payback Period and ARR as investment appraisal techniques.
(4 marks)

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