Corporate Finance, 2^nd Ed.

Theory and Practice

Aswath Damodaran

Publisher: Wiley, 2001 , 982 pages

ISBN: 0-471-39220-0

Synopsis:

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The Second Edition of Damodaran's Corporate Finance asks you to combine theory and data in order to make investment, financing and dividend decisions. But rather than making these decisions in a hypothetical environment, you analyze real data for real companies.

Table of Contents:

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• Part One: An Introduction To Corporate Finance
• Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance
• Chapter 2: The Objective In Corporate Finance
• Chapter 3: The Time Value of Money
• Chapter 4: Understanding Financial Statements
• Chapter 5: Value and Price: An Introduction
• Chapter 6: The Basics of Risk
• Part Two: Investment Analysis
• Chapter 7: Eliminating Hurdle Rates for Firms
• Chapter 8: Eliminating Hurdle Rates for Projects
• Chapter 9: Estimating Earnings and Cash Flows on Projects
• Chapter 10: Investment Decision Rules
• Chapter 11: Investment Analysis with Inflation and Exchange Rate Risk
• Chapter 12: Project Intercations, Side Benefits, and Side Costs
• Chapter 13: Investments in Noncash Working Capital
• Chapter 14: Investments in Cash and Marketable Securities
• Chapter 15: Investment Returns and Corporate Strategy
• Part Three: The Financing Decision
• Chapter 16: An Overview of Financing Choices
• Chapter 17: The Financing Process
• Chapter 18: The Financing Mix: Tradeofss on Theory
• Chapter 19: The Optimal Financing Mix
• Chapter 20: The Financing Mix and Choices
• Part Four: The Dividend Decision
• Chapter 21: Dividend Policy
• Chapter 22: Analyzing Cash Returned to Stockholders
• Chapter 23: Beyond Cash, Dividends, Spinoffs, and Divestures
• Part Five: Valuation
• Chapter 24: Valuation: Principles and Practice
• Chapter 25: Value Enhancement: Tools and Techniques
• Chapter 26: Acquisitions And Takeover
• Part Six: The Link Between Valuation and Corporate Finance Decisions
• Chapter 27: Option Applications in Corporate Finance
• Chapter 28: Back to First Principles