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Get inflation factor

Source: R/get_inflation_factor.R
get_inflation_factor.Rd

This function calculates the inflation factor based on inflation rate.

Usage

get_inflation_factor(n_years, inflation_rate = NULL)

Arguments

n_years

Numeric value referring to number of years in the future to be considered in the discounting and/or inflation. Be aware that the year 0 (without discounting/inflation, i.e. the present) is not be counted here. If a vector is entered in the argument impact, n_years does not need to be entered (length of impact = n_years + 1).

inflation_rate

Numeric value between 0 and 1 referring to the annual inflation (increase of prices). Only to be entered if nominal (not real) discount rate is entered in the function. Default value = NULL (assuming no nominal discount rate).

Value

This function returns the numeric inflation factor.

Details

Methodology

Information about the methodology (including corresponding equations and literature) is available in the package vignette. More specifically, see chapters:

Author

Alberto Castro & Axel Luyten

Examples