Lakonishok Equipment has an investment opportunity in Europe. The project costs €14,650,000 and is expected to produce cash flows of €3,250,000 in Year 1, €4,250,000 in Year 2, and €4,650,000 in Year 3. The current spot exchange rate is $.81/€ and the current risk-free rate in the United States is 2.8 percent, compared to that in euroland of 2 percent. The appropriate discount rate for the project is estimated to be 12 percent, the U.S. cost of capital for the company. In addition, the subsidiary can be sold at the end of three years for an estimated €9,150,000.
What is the NPV of the project in U.S. dollars? (Enter your answer in dollars, not in millions of dollars. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.)
Use the approximate form of uncovered interest parity.
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