Example sentences of "[art] rate [prep] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the rates of return on bonds and equities represent the opportunity cost of holding money , we can expect an inverse relationship between the rates of return expected by wealth-holders and the demand for money . |
| 2 | There is evidence that the rates of return on hard-currency expenditure in this field are high . |
| 3 | In the first , which we cover in this section , we examine the relationship between spot and forward exchange rates , and in the second we examine the relationship between the rates of return on assets with differing terms . |
| 4 | The term structure of interest rates is the relationship between the rates of return on bonds with different maturity dates . |
| 5 | Since the rates of return on bonds and equities represent the opportunity cost of holding money , we can expect an inverse relationship between these expected rates of return and the demand for money . |
| 6 | The higher the rates of interest on other assets , the lower will be the price that people will be prepared to pay for bills ( and hence the higher their rate of discount ) . |
| 7 | Table 16.11 gives examples of the rates of interest on various assets at the end of January 1990 . |
| 8 | It can be argued that the rates of tax on death are less oppressive than under the old estate duty rules . |
| 9 | By examining the relationship between the rate of return on capital invested in various industries and barriers to entry and exit from such industries , it is possible to test the hypothesis that monopoly power results in excessive profits . |
| 10 | Rent control leads to a decline in the rate of return on the rented accommodation , when compared to what could be earned if the capital value of the house were invested elsewhere . |
| 11 | In particular it relies on estimating the final cost of the investment , the amount and timing of returns , the rate of return on the alternative investment ( the ‘ hurdle rate ’ ) and the rate of real deterioration of items of productive capital . |
| 12 | The Net Present Value calculation , for instance , yields a figure of merit for an investment project which effectively shows whether the rate of return on a project is in excess of the compound interest to be paid on the money capital required to finance it . |
| 13 | Similar conclusions applied if the rate of return on capital was used as the yardstick of profitability . |
| 14 | Using daily data for the period from October 1984 to September 1985 , they found that the covariance between the riskless rate of interest and the rate of return on the spot asset had a statistically significant positive effect on the futures price . |
| 15 | The question of measuring the response of the futures market to changes in the rate of return on the market portfolio will be considered further in Chapter 7 . |
| 16 | In addition , they defined a rate of return concept for direct comparison with the rate of return on shares . |
| 17 | Table 14.2 indicates a rise in the rate of return on capital in the business sector in all five countries during the latter part of the 1980s as all the major economies experienced boom conditions . |
| 18 | Panić and Vernon ( 1975 ) also found the rate of return on capital employed to be a significant variable in affecting investment in five of the six manufacturing industries studied . |
| 19 | Decisions on pricing will affect the rate of return on investment and the incentive to carry out new investment , but past investment , by affecting the current capital stock , will affect current marginal costs to which prices will be related . |
| 20 | Equivalently , on a flow basis , firms compare the rate of return on a new investment with the interest rate at which they must borrow to finance the project . |
| 21 | Private firms should invest if the rate of return on the project exceeds the market interest rate at which they can borrow funds . |
| 22 | Hence the rate of return on household savings is the relevant measure of the social opportunity cost of public sector resources that could have been used in private consumption . |
| 23 | The rate of return on this investment would be the one-year rolling yield for a term to maturity of ten years . |
| 24 | This is the case because all firms are in the same risk class and because in equilibrium the rate of return on assets must equal the cost of capital . |
| 25 | If the rate of return on assets is 17 per cent for all firms , what does this imply about the dividend yields of the four firms ? |
| 26 | Table 6.6 includes 3 different risk-free rates to illustrate the point made by Friend and Blume that these measures are sensitive to the rate of return on the risk-free asset . |
| 27 | The R&D expenditure involved and the rate of return on this investment must be given . |
| 28 | It is likely that in these circumstances the rate of return on deposits will be less due to not identifying the surpluses earlier and not knowing how long the surpluses will exist . |
| 29 | Profit and the rate of return on assets , it is alleged , defines the " bottom line " for managers in the private sector . |
| 30 | It follows from the above examples that profit-maximising firms , operating under conditions of certainty , will invest in projects where the rate of return on the investment exceeds the market rate of interest . |