Financial Theory and Corporate Policy by Thomas E Copeland, J Fred Weston, Kuldeep Shastri

Financial Theory and Corporate Policy



Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
Thomas E. Copeland
J. Fred Weston Kuldeep Shastri
Fourth Edition
Copeland et al.
4e

,Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
Thomas E. Copeland
J. Fred Weston Kuldeep Shastri
Fourth Edition

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Captial Markets, Consumption, and Investment
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 1
2. Investment Decisions: The Certainty Case
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 15
3. Theory of Choice Under Uncertainty: Utility Theory
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 43
4. State Preference Theory
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 73
5. Objects of Choice
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 99
6. Market Equilibrium: CAPM and APT
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 145
7. Pricing Contingent Claims: Option Price Theory and Evidence
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 197
8. Futures Contracts and Markets - Term Structure - Cox, Ingersoll, Ross
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 257
9. Multiperiod Capital Budgeting under Uncertainty: Real Options Analysis
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 303
10. Efficient Captial Markets: Theory
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 351
11. Efficient Captial Markets: Evidence
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 375
12. Information Asymmetry and Agency Theory
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 413
13. Valuation and Tax Policy
Thomas E. Copeland/J. Fred Weston,/Kuldeep Shastri 463




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