We consider the internal rate of return (IRR) decision rule in capital budgeting problems with fuzzy cash flows. The possibility distribution of the IRR at any r ≥ 0, is defined to be the degree of possibility that the (fuzzy) net present value of the project with discount factor r equals to zero. Generalizing our earlier results on fuzzy capital budegeting problems [5] we show that the possibi...

I analyze cash flow characteristics of listed infrastructure investment companies and funds and compare this unique infrastructure sample with a noninfrastructure reference group. I confirm that infrastructure investment provide more stable cash flows than non-infrastructure investments. However, I do not find that investors positively value this cash flow stability. Instead, more volatile cash...

before making decisions about the investment and financing the companies. it is necessary to know how the value of a company is determined. in this article three valuation methods are discussed: 1) value dirver method. 2) free cash flow method 3) economic value added method. in these methods the factors affecting the value of companies such as operating rate of return, cost of capital. amount o...

since 2001 the adoption of iran accounting standards has become obligatory. this study by using a sample of companies listed in tehran stock exchange (tse) compares the value relevance of ten selected accounting variables in two periods, before mandatory adaption of accounting standards (1996-1998) and after that (2005-2007). in this study the researchers have tried to control the effect of eco...

This paper directly links the risk premium on an asset to two characteristics of its underlying cash flow: cash flow covariance with aggregate consumption; and cash flow duration, which measures the temporal pattern of the cash flow. Their impact on the cross-sectional variation of risk premia can be largely captured by a two-factor cash flow model. While cash flow covariance is of firstorder i...

I analyze the effect of monetary policy actions on the cross-section of equity returns. Based on earlier theoretical work for the monetary transmission mechanism one can argue that changes in monetary policy should produce differentiated effects on firms and stocks with different characteristics. By using different portfolio sorts the results show that the impact of monthly changes in the Feder...

This paper examines empirically the effect of firm growth opportunities and earnings quality on the market valuation of free cash flow, defined as the difference between operating cash flows and capital expenditures. Equity valuation theory prescribes that free cash flow should not be associated with stock returns because it does not add value. However, free cash flow could become a value-relev...

The development of a complete financial structure including balance sheet, income and cash flow statements, coupled with conventional accounting and economic valuation rules, provides the foundation from which riskadjusted discount rates and liability betas can be determined. Since liability betas cannot be measured directly, a shift in focus is proposed to one based on measures more readily av...