Explain how using a risk-adjusted discount rate improves capital budgeting decision making compared to using a single discount rate for all projects?
The risk-adjusted discount rate enhance capital budgeting decision making compared to the single discount rate approach for the reason that the RADR allows us to set a higher hurdle for the high risk project and a lower hurdle for the low risk project thus aligning our capital budgeting decision making process more closely with the goal of maximizing the value of the firm.