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An executive is to receive a $1,500,000 signing bonus today, $2,500,000 one year from now, $2,750,000...

  1. An executive is to receive a $1,500,000 signing bonus today, $2,500,000 one year from now, $2,750,000 two years from now, and $3,200,000 three years from now. Assuming an annual discount rate of 12% and ignoring tax considerations, would the executive be better off receiving $7,500,000 today?
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Present value of inflows=cash inflow*Present value of discounting factor(rate%,time period)

=1,500,000+2,500,000/1.12+2,750,000/1.12^2+3,200,000/1.12^3

=$8,202,122.81(Approx)

Hence executive would not be better off receiving $7,500,000 today.

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