单选题 An analyst does research about capital budgeting. A company that has a weighted average cost of capital of 17 percent is considering an independent capital project that has the same risk as the company, an estimated internal rate of return of 19 percent and cash inflows that are expected at equal intervals over the life of the project. If the project is accepted, cash flows associated with the project are received as expected, and the company's weighted average cost of capital remains unchanged over the life of the project, the actual rate of return earned by the project is most likely to be:
A. less than 19%.
B. more than 19%.
C. equal to 19%, because the actual cash flows equal the expected cash flows.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] NPV方法假设所有项目结束前所获得的现金流都是按照资本成本(cost of capital)来取得再投资收入的,而IRR方法假设所有项目结束前所获得的现金流是按照IRR来取得再投资收入的。如果所采取的项目按照WACC(即17%)来取得再投资收入,那么其实际的投资回报率将会小于之前所计算得到的IRR(即19%)。