What is typically considered to be the return on U.S. government bonds and bills and equals the real interest and the expected inflation premium?

a. Required return. b. Risk-free rate. c. Risk premium. d. Market risk premium.

What is a capital budgeting technique that generates a decision rule and associated metric for choosing projects, based on the total discounted value of their cash flows?

a. Payback. b. Net present value. c. Internal rate of return d. Profitability index.

What is a capital budgeting technique that generates decision rules and associated metrics for choosing projects, based on the implicit, expected geometric average of a project's rate of return?

a. Discounted payback. b. Net present value. c. Internal rate of return. d. Profitability index.