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Table of Contents

PART I: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF CORPORATE FINANCE. 1. An Overview of Financial Management and the Financial Environment. Web Extensions 1A: An Overview of Derivatives; 1B: A Closer Look at the Stock Markets 2. Financial Statements, Cash Flow, and Taxes. Web Extensions 2A: The Federal Income Tax System for Individuals. 3. Analysis of Financial Statements. PART II: FIXED INCOME SECURITIES. 4. Time Value of Money. Web Extensions 4A: The Tabular Approach; 4B: Derivation of Annuity Formulas; 4C: Continuous Compounding. 5. Bonds, Bond Valuation, and Interest Rates. Web Extensions 5A: A Closer Look at Zero Coupon Bonds; 5B: A Closer Look at TIPS: Treasury Inflation Protected Securities; 5C: A Closer Look at Bond Risk: Duration; 5D: The Pure Expectations Theory and Estimation of Forward Rates. PART III: STOCKS AND OPTIONS. 6. Risk, Return, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Web Extensions 6A: Continuous Probability Distributions; 6B: Estimating Beta with a Financial Calculator. 7. Stocks, Stock Valuation, and Stock Market Equilibrium. Web Extensions 7A: Derivation of Valuation Equations. 8. Financial Options and Applications in Corporate Finance. PART IV: PROJECTS AND THEIR VALUATION. 9. The Cost of Capital. Web Extensions 9A: The Required Return Assuming Nonconstant Dividends and Stock Repurchases. 10. The Basics of Capital Budgeting: Evaluating Cash Flows. Web Extensions 10A: The Accounting Rate of Return (ARR). 11. Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis. Web Extensions 11A: Certainty Equivalents and Risk-Adjusted Discount Rates. PART V: CORPORATE VALUATION AND GOVERNANCE. 12. Financial Planning and Forecasting Financial Statements. Web Extensions 12A: Advanced Techniques for Forecasting Financial Statements Accounts. 13. Corporate Valuation, Value-Based Management and Corporate Governance. PART VI: CASH DISTRIBUTIONS AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE. 14. Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases. 15. Capital Structure Decisions. Web Extensions 15A: Degree of Leverage. PART VII: MANAGING GLOBAL OPERATIONS. 16. Working Capital Management. Web Extensions 16A: Secured Short-Term Financing. 17. Multinational Financial Management. APPENDIXES. A. Solutions to Self-Test Problems. B. Answers to End-of-Chapter Problems. C. Selected Equations and Data. D. Values of the Areas under the Standard Normal Distribution Function. Glossary. Name Index. Subject Index.

Author Biography

Dr. Michael C. Ehrhardt is a Professor in the Finance Department and is the Paul and Beverly Castagna Professor of Investments. He completed his undergraduate work in Civil Engineering at Swarthmore College. After working several years as an engineer, he earned his M.S. in Operations Research and Ph.D. in Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Ehrhardt has taught extensively at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of investments, corporate finance, and capital markets. He has directed and served on numerous dissertation committees and is a member of the team that developed and delivered the integrative first year of the MBA program. Dr. Ehrhardt teaches in Executive Education Programs and consults in the areas of corporate valuation, value-based compensation plans, financial aspects of supply-chain management, and the cost of capital. He has been awarded the Allen G. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award, the Tennessee Organization of MBA Students Outstanding Faculty member, the College of Business Administration Research & Teaching Award, and the John B. Ross Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Business. Much of his research focuses on corporate valuation and asset pricing models, including pricing models for interest-rate sensitive instruments. His work has been published in numerous journals, including The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, The Financial Review, The Journal of Financial Research, and The Journal of Banking and Finance. He has also authored or co-authored several books addressing various areas of finance.