Then, too, as the supply of youthful workers shrinks, wages should rise and push up the rate of inflation and the cost of capital.

随之而来的将是年轻劳工供给的收缩，劳动报酬势必因此而增加，并因此提高通胀率和资本成本。

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So this chapter’s first task is to defineand explain net present value, rate of return, and opportunity cost of capital.

因此本章的第一个任务就是定义和解释净现值、回报率和资本的机会成本。

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Discount rate The cost of capital used to discount future revenue from a customer.

用来折现客户将来所带来的收入的资本成本。

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If a firm can deploy the incremental dollar of cash flow at a rate of return greater than its cost of capital, it should pursue acquisitions or internal capital projects, as these methods will be the fastest way to build shareholder value.

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This makes it all the more surprising that some companies pay little attention to the impact on the discount rate of changes in their cost of capital.

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What nongovernment entity is going to lay out the necessary billions of dollars if politically minded state rate-setters won't let them recover both the capital outlay and the true cost of maintenance, not to mention earning a decent return for shareholders and creditors?

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