If a post-audit shows that the actual cash inflows for a project are lower than the estimates

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If a post-audit shows that the actual cash inflows for a project are lower than the estimates used to originally determine a project's net present value, does this mean that the manager who prepared the estimates inflated them to make the project look better? Why or why not?

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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 9781260193275

12th Canadian Edition

Authors: Ray H. Garrison, Alan Webb, Theresa Libby

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