Quantitative Corporate Finance [Paperback]

The book addresses several problems in contemporary corporate finance: optimal capital structure, both in the US and in the G7 economies; the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Arbitrage Pricing Model (APT) and the implications for the cost of capital; dividend policy; sales forecasting and pro forma statement analysis; leverage and bankruptcy; and mergers and acquisitions. It is designed to be used as an advanced graduate corporate financial management textbook.

Quantitative Corporate Finance is designed to be an advanced graduate corporate financial management textbook. The book will address several problems in contemporary corporate finance: optimal capital structure, both in the US and in the G7 economies, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Arbitrage Pricing Model (APT) and the implications for the cost of capital, dividend policy, sales forecasting and pro forma statement analysis, leverage and bankruptcy, and mergers and acquisitions.

Introduction: Capital Formation, Risk, and the Corporation.- The Corporation and Other Forms of Business Organization.- The Corporation Balance Sheet.- The Operating Statements: The Income Statement and Annual Cash Flow Statement.- Financing Current Operations, Ratio And Credit Analysis.- Financing Current Operations And The Cash Budget.- Capital and New Issue Markets.- The Equity of the Corporation: Common and Preferred Stock.- Long-Term Debt.- Debt, Equity, the Optimal Financial Structure and the Cost of Funds.- Investing in Assets: Theory of Investment Decision Making.- Regression Analysis And Forecasting Models.- Time Series Modeling and the Forecasting Effectiveness of the U.S. Leading Economic Indicators.- Risk and Return on Equity and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.- Multi-Factor Risk Models.- Options.- Real Options.- Mergers and Acquisitions.- Liquidation, Failure, Bankruptcy, and Reorganization.- Corporation Growth and Economic Growth and Stability.- Internationall³@