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The ORR1 is the annual yield from a project over the study period, taking into account reinvestment of interim receipts. Project earnings and earnings from reinvestment are accumulated to the end of the study period and set equal to the present value of cost to compute the ORR.
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Ruegg, R.T., Marshall, H.E. (1990). Overall Rate-of-Return (ORR). In: Building Economics: Theory and Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4688-4_6
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