PART ONE Overview CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Corporate Finance 1.1 What Is Corpporate Finance? 1.2 The Corporate Firm 1.3 The Goal of Financial Management 1.4 The Agency Problem and Control of the Corporation 1.5 Financial Markets Summary and Conclusions CHAPTER TOW Financial Statements and Cash Flow 2.1 The Balance Sheet 2.2 The Income Statement 2.3 Taxes 2.4 Net Working Capital 2.5 Financial Cash Flow 2.6 The Accounting Statement of Cash Flows Summary and Conclusions CHAPTER THREE Financial Statements Analysis and Long-Term Planning 3.1 Financial Statements Analysis 3.2 Ratio Analysis 3.3 The Du Pont Identity 3.4 Using Financial Statement Information 3.5 Long-Term Financial Planning 3.6 External Financing and Growth 3.7 Some Caveats regarding Financial Planning Models Summary and Conclusions PART TWO Valuation and Capital Budgeting CHAPTER FOUR Discounted Cash Flow Valuation CHAPTER FIVE Interest Rates and Bond Valuation CHAPTER Stock Valuation CHAPTER Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules CHAPTER Making Capital Investment Decisions CHAPTER Risk Analysis,Real Options,and Capital Budgeting PART THERR Risk and Return CHAPTER TEN Risk and Return Lessons from Market History CHAPTER ELEVEN Return and Risk:The Capital Asset Pricing Model(CAPM) CHAPTER TWELVE Risk,Cost of Capital,and Capital Budgeting APRT FOUR Capital Structure and Dividend Policy CHAPTER THIRTEEN Corporate Financing Decisions and Efficient Capital Markets CHAPTER FOURTEEN Capital Structure:Basic Concepts CHAPTER FIFTEEN Capital Structure:Limits to the Use of Debt CHAPTER SIXTEEN Dividends and Other Payouts PART FIVE Special Topics CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Short-Term Finance and Planning APPENDIX A MATHEMATICAL TABLES