Incremental costs and Infrastructure: Difference between pages

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Infrastructure is the underlying physical and organisational framework which enables other useful activities.

Physical infrastructure includes railways, roads, buildings, power, sanitation and telecommunications networks.

Financial markets infrastructure includes payment systems, securities settlement systems and central counterparties.

Treasury operations infrastructure includes its framework of policies, procedures, reporting lines and other relationships.

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-In financial decision making, incremental costs are ones which will be different, depending on whether or not the decision is implemented.
+Infrastructure is the underlying physical and organisational framework which enables other useful activities.
-It is only the incremental costs - together with any incremental revenues - which are relevant in making the related financial decision.
+Physical infrastructure includes railways, roads, buildings, power, sanitation and telecommunications networks.
+Financial markets infrastructure includes payment systems, securities settlement systems and central counterparties.
-For example, 'Sunk costs don't count'.
+Treasury operations infrastructure includes its framework of policies, procedures, reporting lines and other relationships.
-== See also ==
+==See also==
-* [[Cashflow]]
+*[[EMIR]]
-* [[Discounted cash flow]]
+*[[Financial Market Infrastructure]]
-* [[Incremental cash flows]]
+*[[Financial stability]]
-* [[Incremental revenue]]
+*[[I&E]]
-* [[Sunk costs]]
+*[[Payments and payment systems]]
+*[[Payment Systems Regulator]]
-[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
+*[[Project finance]]
-[[Category:The_business_context]]
+*[[Treasury operations]]
-[[Category:Corporate_finance]]