Exam 12: Agency Problems Compensation and Performance Measurement

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A firm has an average investment of $100,000 during the year.During the same period, the firm generates an after-tax income of $16,000.If the cost of capital is 15 percent, what is the EVA?

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EVA = (ROI - r)(capital invested).

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The following are agency problems in capital budgeting except

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EVA is used for

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Agency costs can be reduced by

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A firm has an average investment of $10,000 during the year.During the same period, the firm generates after-tax income of $1,000.Calculate the economic value added (EVA) for the firm.(The cost of capital is 15 percent.)

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A firm has an average investment of $10,000 during the year.During the same time, the firm generates after-tax income of $2,000.Calculate the economic value added (EVA) for the firm.(The cost of capital is 15 percent.)

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The following capital expenditures are typically included in a firm's capital budget:

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A factory manager can improve EVA by

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EVA can be increased by reducing assets employed.

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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The main idea behind EVA is a new concept recently introduced into finance.

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The following are agency problems associated with capital budgeting:

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The free-rider problem, when referring to monitoring of firms' performance, often results in

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What are some of the agency problems associated with capital budgeting?

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A firm has an average investment of $1,000 during the year.During the same time, the firm generates after-tax earnings of $150.If the cost of capital is 10 percent, what is the net return on investment?

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Which of the following actions-all else equal-will increase a firm's EVA?

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One calculates economic value added (EVA) as follows:

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Which of the following is the most likely example of bias in a firm's accounting profitability measures?

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A firm produces $124 million of net income on $1,600 million of assets.Through a six-sigma project, the firm is able to decrease the assets employed to $1,450 million.Given a 5 percent cost of capital, what is the increase in the EVA?

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