Table 1. Capital budgeting methods, recommended or not by textbooks a) Net present value (NPV) Recommended b) Internal rate of return (IRR) Not recommended c) Annuity d) Earnings multiple (P/E) e) Adjusted present value (APV) f) Pay-back g) Discounted pay-back h) Profitability index i) Accounting rate of return (ARR) j) Sensitivity analysis k) Value-at-risk (VAR) l) Real options Sven-Olov Daunfeldt et al. What Determines the Use of Capital Budgeting Methods? Evidence from Swedish Listed Companies. Journal of Finance and Economics, 2014, Vol. 2, No. 4, 101-112. doi:10.12691/jfe-2-4-1 © The Author(s) 2014. Published by Science and Education Publishing.