La mayoría de los textos de finanzas corporativas y los analistas presentan el cálculo delCosto Promedio Ponderado de Capital CPPC (WACC) como independiente del Flujo de caja libre.Es una práctica común que los analistas calculen un CPPC (WACC) a priori y lo usen independientemente del valor...

Typical textbooks on corporate finance and forecasting and budgeting recommend "closing" and matching the financial statements what is known as a plug. A plug is a formula to match the Balance Sheet using the differences in some items listed in it in such a way that the accounting equation...

En este trabajo se exploraron diversas hipotesis acerca del efecto del endeudamiento sobre algunos indicadores de la firma aplicando analisis de datos de panel: crecimiento real, plazo de proveedores, margenes bruto y operativo. Exploramos si hay evidencia estadistica de la influencia del nivel...

When forecasting financial statements care has to be taken to construct a consistentand correct model. This is not an easy task. Even the most experienced expert in modelingmakes mistakes. This is especially relevant when we construct a financial model withoutplugs and without circularity. In...

A pesar de los avances observados en los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) por parte de la mayoría de los países signatarios de la declaración en el año 2000, el avance al interior de los países en desarrollo y en especial Colombia, un país con desigual desarrollo de sus regiones,...

Esta nota pedagógica ilustra el cálculo de la elasticidad precio-demanda y su aplicación en la proyección de estados financieros.

Typical textbooks on corporate finance and forecasting and budgeting recommend closing" and matching the financial statements using what is known as a plug. A plug is a formula to match the Balance Sheet using differences in some items listed in it in such a way that the accounting equation...

In this teaching note we show that using the findings of Tham and Velez-Pareja 2002, for finite cash flows, Ke and hence WACC depend on the discount rate that is used to value the tax shield, TS and as expected, Ke and WACC are not constant with Kd as the discount rate for the tax shield, even...

In this note we correct the findings reported by Vélez-Pareja and Tham (2005). Although perpetuities are somewhat artificial in the sense that in practice they do not exist, they are relevant because no matter how detailed and complex a forecasted financial plan for a firm or project could be,...

In this teaching note, we discuss the basic principles for tariff setting. Tariff setting is very important for regulated industries, such as water and power. The tariff should provide an appropriate risk-adjusted return to the investor. If the tariff were too low, then the investors would not...