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Replacement cost theory means the amount it would cost to replace an asset at current prices. If the cost of replacing an asset in its current physical condition is lower than the cost of replacing the asset so as to obtain the level of services enjoyed when the asset was bought, then the asset is in poor condition and the firm would probably not want to replace it...

In short the theory basically argues that old companies should be valued on the basis of the amount of money which would be required to create another such company...

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If you own your home and have no mortgage against it should you be given a depreciation value on damages to your home after a hurricane even if you have cost replacement in your policy?

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You have insurance on your home but no replacement insurance What does this mean?

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