Correct or incorrect application of CAPM? Correct or incorrect decisions with CAPM?
This paper focuses on inconsistencies arising from the use of NPV and CAPM for capital budgeting. It shows that: (i) CAPM capital budgeting decision-making based on disequilibrium NPV is deductively inferred by the capital asset pricing model, (ii) the use of the disequilibrium NPV is widespread in finance both as a decision rule and as a valuation tool, (iii) the disequilibrium NPV does not guarantee additivity nor consistency with arbitrage pricing, so that it is unreliable for valuation, (iv) Magni's [Magni, C.A., 2002. Investment decisions in the theory of finance: Some antinomies and inconsistencies. European Journal of Operational Research 137, 206-217; Magni, C.A., 2007a. Project valuation and investment decisions: CAPM versus arbitrage. Applied Financial Economics Letters 3 (2), 137-140] criticism of the NPV criterion refers to the disequilibrium NPV, and De Reyck's [De Reyck, B., 2005. On investment decisions in the theory of finance: Some antinomies and inconsistencies. European of Operational Research 161, 499-504] project valuation method, on the basis of which Magni's criticism to NPV is objected, leaves decision makers open to arbitrage losses and incorrect decisions.
Year of publication: |
2009
|
---|---|
Authors: | Magni, Carlo Alberto |
Published in: |
European Journal of Operational Research. - Elsevier, ISSN 0377-2217. - Vol. 192.2009, 2, p. 549-560
|
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Finance Investment analysis Net present value Capital asset pricing model Disequilibrium Decision Valuation Nonadditivity Arbitrage |
Saved in:
Saved in favorites
Similar items by person
-
Magni, Carlo Alberto, (2004)
-
Residual income and value creation : an investigation into the lost-capital paradigm
Magni, Carlo Alberto, (2010)
-
Average internal rate of return and investment decisions : a new perspective
Magni, Carlo Alberto, (2010)
- More ...