Bertoneche, Marc L., and Fausto Federicic. "Valuation Methods and Discount Rate Issues: A Comprehensive Example." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-116, June 2005. (Revised November 2006.) ...

Use What-If analysis, a built-in calculator in Excel, to solve for the discount rate that equals zero. Take our NPV/IRR example. We’ve calculated an NPV of $472,169 with an IRR of 57% using a ...

The size of the forward discount often relates to the difference in interest rates between two countries. For example, if U.S. interest rates are 4% and European rates are 3%, this 1% difference ...

The paper provides an example in which the range of discount rates currently under discussion leads to a 30- to 50-fold difference in estimated NRDs. The differences can be even greater when ...

However, there is far more uncertainty with a discount rate mortgage than with other types of mortgage. With a tracker mortgage, for example, your rate follows the bank base rate set by the Bank ...