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4. If depreciation is not a cashflow, why does it matter for capital budgeting? (1 pt)

Even though depreciation is not a cashflow, it affects a cashflow—namely taxes. Remember that shareholders are concerned with after-tax cashflows, so anything that reduces taxes increases these cashflows. Thus, since depreciation reduces taxes through the depreciation tax shield, it matters for capital budgeting.

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