Sunday, November 14, 2010

ECONOMIC EQUIVALENCE

ECONOMIC EQUIVALENCE

Established when we are indifferent between a future payment, or a series of future payments, and a present sum of money .
Considers the comparison of alternative options, or proposals, by reducing them to an equivalent basis, depending on:

interest rate;
amounts of money involved;
timing of the affected monetary receipts and/or expenditures;
manner in which the interest , or profit on invested capital is paid and the initial capital is recovered

ECONOMIC EQUIVALENCE FOR FOUR REPAYMENT PLANS OF AN $8,000 LOAN

Plan #1: $2,000 of loan principal plus 10% of BOY principal paid at the end of year; interest paid at the end of each year is reduced by $200 (i.e., 10% of remaining principal)

Year              Amount Owed  Interest Accrued  Total  Principal Total end                     at beginning      for Year                      Money Payment  of Year                      of Year                                                 owed at                               Payment                ( BOY )                                                 end of                                                                                                                        Year

1                            $8,000                            $800                    $8,800              $2,000   $2,800

2                            $6,000                            $600                    $6,600              $2,000   $2,600

3                            $4,000                            $400                    $4,400              $2,000   $2,400

4                            $2,000                            $200                    $2,200              $2,000   $2,200

Plan #2: $0 of loan principal paid until end of fourth year; $800 interest paid at the end of each year

ECONOMIC EQUIVALENCE FOR FOUR REPAYMENT PLANS OF AN $8,000 LOAN

Year              Amount Owed  Interest Accrued  Total  Principal Total end                     at beginning      for Year                      Money Payment  of Year                      of Year                                                 owed at                               Payment                ( BOY )                                                 end of                                                                                                                        Year

1                            $8,000                            $800                    $8,800              $0                   $800

2                            $8,000                            $800                    $8,800              $0                 $800

3                            $8,000                            $800                    $8,800              $0                    $800

4                            $8,000                            $800                    $8,800              $8,000   $8,800

Total interest paid ($3,200) is 10% of total dollar-years ($32,000)                                         

ECONOMIC EQUIVALENCE FOR FOUR REPAYMENT PLANS OF AN $8,000 LOAN

Plan #3: $2,524 paid at the end of each year; interest paid at the end of each year is 10% of amount owed at the beginning of the year.

Year              Amount Owed  Interest Accrued  Total  Principal Total end                     at beginning      for Year                      Money Payment  of Year                      of Year                                                 owed at                               Payment                ( BOY )                                                 end of                                                                                                                        Year

1                            $8,000                            $800                    $8,800              $1,724   $2,524

2                            $6,276                            $628                    $6,904              $1,896   $2,524

3                            $4,380                            $438                    $4,818              $2,086   $2,524

4                            $2,294                            $230                    $2,524              $2,294   $2,524

ECONOMIC EQUIVALENCE FOR FOUR REPAYMENT PLANS OF AN $8,000 LOAN

Plan #4: No interest and no principal paid for first three years.  At the end of the fourth year, the original principal plus accumulated (compounded) interest is paid.

Year              Amount Owed  Interest Accrued  Total  Principal Total end                     at beginning      for Year                      Money Payment  of Year                      of Year                                                 owed at                               Payment                ( BOY )                                                 end of                                                                                                                        Year

1                            $8,000                            $800                    $8,800              $0                 $0

2                            $8,800                            $880                    $9,680              $0                 $0

3                            $9,680                            $968                    $10,648              $0                 $0

4                            $10,648                            $1,065      $11,713              $8,000   $11,713

Total interest paid ($3,713) is 10% of total dollar-years ($37,128)

 


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