Principles of corporate finance / Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers, Franklin Allen. (Text)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Value -- Risk -- Best practices in capital budgeting -- Financing decisions and market efficiency -- Payout policy and capital structure -- Options -- Debt financing -- Risk management -- Financial planning and working capital management -- Mergers, corporate control, and governance -- Conclusion.

Introduction to corporate finance -- How to calculate present values -- Valuing bonds -- The value of common stocks -- Net present value and other investment criteria -- Makin investment decisions with the net present value rule -- Introduction to risk and return -- Portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model -- Risk and the cost of capital -- Project analysis -- Investment, strategy, and economic rents -- Agency problems, compensation, and performance measurement -- Efficient markets and behavioral finance -- An overview of corporate financing -- How corporate issue securities -- Payout policy -- Does debt policy matter? -- How much should a corporation borrow? -- Financing and valuation -- Understanding options -- Valuing options -- Real options -- Credit risk and the value of corporte debt -- The many different kinds of debt -- Leasing -- Managing risk -- Managing international risks -- Financial analysis -- Financial planning -- Working capital management -- Mergers -- Corporate restructuring -- Governance and corporate control around the world -- Conclusion: what we do and do not know about finance.