Corporate Finance (4^th Ed.)

Using the unifying valuation framework based on the Law of One Price, top researchers Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo have set the new canon for corporate finance textbooks. Corporate Finance blends coverage of time-tested principles and the latest advancements with the practical perspective of the financial manager, so students have the knowledge and tools they need to make sound financial decisions in their careers.

For a streamlined book specifically tailored to the topics covered in the first one-semester course, Corporate Finance: The Core is also available by Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo.

KEY TOPICS: The Corporation; Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Decision Making and the Law of One Price; The Time Value of Money; Interest Rates; Valuing Bonds; Investment Decision Rules; Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting; Valuing Stocks; Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk; Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital Asset Pricing Model; Estimating the Cost of Capital; Investor Behavior and Capital Market Efficiency; Capital Structure in a Perfect Market; Debt and Taxes; Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information; Payout Policy; Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage; Valuation and Financial Modeling: A Case Study; Financial Options; Option Valuation; Real Options; Raising Equity Capital; Debt Financing; Leasing; Working Capital Management; Short-Term Financial Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Risk Management; International Corporate Finance

MARKET: Directed primarily toward MBA/graduate students, this text also provides practical content to current and aspiring finance professionals.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. The Corporation

2. Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis

3. Financial Decision Making and the Law of One Price

PART 2: TIME, MONEY, AND INTEREST RATES

4. The Time Value of Money

5. Interest Rates

6. Valuing Bonds

PART 3: VALUING PROJECTS AND FIRMS

7. Investment Decision Rules

8. Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting

9. Valuing Stocks

PART 4: RISK AND RETURN

10. Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk

11. Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital Asset Pricing Model

12. Estimating the Cost of Capital

13. Investor Behavior and Capital Market Efficiency

PART 5: CAPITAL STRUCTURE

14. Capital Structure in a Perfect Market

15. Debt and Taxes

16. Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information

17. Payout Policy

PART 6: ADVANCED VALUATION

18. Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage

19. Valuation and Financial Modeling: A Case Study

PART 7: OPTIONS

20. Financial Options

21. Option Valuation

22. Real Options

PART 8: LONG-TERM FINANCING

23. Raising Equity Capital

24. Debt Financing

25. Leasing

PART 9: SHORT-TERM FINANCING

26. Working Capital Management

27. Short-Term Financial Planning

PART 10: SPECIAL TOPICS

28. Mergers and Acquisitions

29. Corporate Governance

30. Risk Management

31. International Corporate Finance

Jonathan Berk is the A.P. Giannini Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before coming to Stanford, he was the Sylvan Coleman Professor of Finance at Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to earning his Ph.D., he worked as an Associate at Goldman Sachs (where his education in finance really began).

Professor Berk’s research interests in finance include corporate valuation, capital structure, mutual funds, asset pricing, experimental economics, and labor economics. His work has won a number of research awards including the TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award, the Smith Breeden Prize, Best Paper of the Year in The Review of Financial Studies, and the FAME Research Prize. His paper, “A Critique of Size-Related Anomalies,” was selected as one of the two best papers ever published in The Review of Financial Studies. In recognition of his influence on the practice of finance he has received the Bernstein-Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Award, the Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence, and the Roger F. Murray Prize.

He served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Finance, Director of the Western Finance Association,  Academic Director of the Financial Management Association, is a Fellow of the Financial Management Association, and is a member of the advisory board of the Journal of Portfolio Management.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Professor Berk is married, with two daughters, and is an avid skier and biker.

Peter DeMarzo is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance and current Vice President of the American Finance Association.

About the Book

Methodology that Connects Theory to Practice

• The Law of One Price: A Unifying Principle of Valuation. The Law of One Price is used as a framework, reflecting the modern idea that the absence of arbitrage is the unifying concept in valuation. This theme is explicitly introduced in Chapter 3, revisited in each Part Opener, and integrated throughout the text--motivating all major concepts. This methodology directly connects theory to practice, and unifies what might appear to students as disparate topics that comprise the course syllabus (corporate finance, investments, and valuation).
• Options for Teaching Risk and Return. Chapter 3 briefly introduces the concept of risk and return. Using the no-arbitrage concept, the reasoning behind evaluating risk relative to a benchmark is explained conceptually and allows for use of the concept of risk and return in early chapters. Later, the structure of Part IV is flexible and allows instructors to opt for brief or comprehensive coverage of the topic.
• Emphasis of Capital Budgeting and Valuation. Capital budgeting and valuation is presented in two distinct stages. The first, which appears in Chapter 8, focuses on cash flows, while the second stage focuses on capital budgeting and valuation in the real world in Chapter 18 and the capstone Chapter 19.

Learning Aids that Teach Students to ‘Think Finance’

• A Simplified Presentation of Mathematics. One of the hardest parts of learning finance is mastering the jargon, math, and non-standardized notation. Corporate Finance systematically uses:
• Notation Boxes: Each chapter opens by defining the variables and acronyms used in the chapter as a 'legend' for students' reference.
• Timelines: Introduced in