Bhimani, Horngren,
Datar and Rajan,
Management and Cost Accounting, 5
th
Edition, Instructor’s Manual
© Pearson Education Limited 2012
13.9 The
real rate of return is the rate of return required to cover only investment risk. This rate is made up of two elements (a) a risk-free element and (b) a business-risk element. The
nominal rate of return is the rate of return required to cover investment risk
and the anticipated decline, due to inflation, in general purchasing power of the cash that the investment generates. This rate is made up of two elements (a) the real rate of return and (ban inflation element. The
nominal rate of return and the
real rate of return are related as follows Nominal rate = [(1 + Real rate) (1 + Inflation rate − 1
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