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Chapters refer to Brealey, R., and S. Myers. Principles of Corporate Finance. 7th ed. Irwin/McGraw Hill. Articles in the reading packet are referenced using the authors' last names. The study questions listed after each class are recommended, not required, and can be found at the end of the chapter under "Practice Questions."


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Part 1 - Introduction
1Introduction

What is Finance? What Types of Questions Will We Answer?
Chapter 1

Dial, J. and K. Murphy. Incentives, Downsizing, and Value Creation at General Dynamics. Journal of Financial Economics 37, 1995, pp. 261–314.
2Principles Of Valuation

Opportunity Cost Of Capital; Present Value; Discount Rates; Comparables
Chapter 2, 3

Study Questions:
Chapter 2: 6, 7, 10
Chapter 3: 1, 3, 5, 10, 12, 21, 27, 30
Part 2 - Project and Firm Valuation
3Evaluating Projects

Net Present Value; Measuring Cashflows, Using Accounting Data

Chapter 6, 12.1 - 12.3

Myers, S. Finance Theory and Finance Practice. Interfaces 14, 1984, pp. 126-137. Reprinted in MidlandCorporate Finance Journal 5, Spring 1987.

Study Questions:
Chapter 3: 4, 7, 6, 13
Chapter 6: 6, 8, 9, 11, 18

4CaseReinhardt, Forest. Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1993. Case No. 9-792-060.
5Evaluating Projects (2)

Real Options, Internal Rate Of Return
Chapter 5, 10, 11

Study Questions:
Chapter 5: 3 - 8
Chapter 10: 3 - 5, 10, 11
6Firm Valuation

Growth and Free Cashflows
Chapter 4

Study Questions:
Chapter 4: 5 - 8, 11
7Firm Valuation (2)

Valuation Models, Accounting vs. Economic Returns
Chapter 12.4 - 12.6

Kim, M. and J. Ritter. Valuing IPOs. Journal of Financial Economics 53, 1999, pp.409-437.

Study Questions:
Chapter 4: 1, 10, 12, 17, 19
8CasePiper, Thomas R. Cooper Industries, Inc. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1993. Case No. 9-274-116.
Part 3 - Risk and Return
9Introduction to Risk and Return

Historical Evidence; Measuring the Risk of a Portfolio; Statistics Review
Chapter 7 (pp. 153-165)

Study Questions:
Chapter 7: 1, 3, 4, 5
10Portfolio Theory

Risk in a Portfolio Context, Diversification; Optimal Portfolios
Chapter 7 (165-end), 8.1

Study Questions:
Chapter 7: 6 - 11, 15
Chapter 8: 2 - 4
11CAPM

Quantifying the Trade-off between Risk and Return; Measuring the Risk of a Stock
Chapter 8.2 - 8.5

Study Questions:
Chapter 8: 1, 5, 7, 8, 11 - 13
12Discount Rates in Practice

Estimating Betas, Market Risk Premium, Multifactor Models, WACC

Chapter 9

Graham, J. and C. Harvey. The Theory and Practice of Corporate Finance: Evidence From the Field. Durham, NC: Duke University Working Paper, 2000, pp. 1-10.

Study Questions:
Chapter 9: 1, 3, 5 - 9, 14

13CaseMitchell, Mark. Cost of Capital at Ameritrade. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 2001. Case No. 9-201-046.
Part 4 - Financing Policy
14Raising Capital

Sources of Funds; Trade-offs; Empirical Evidence; Stock Market Reaction
Chapter 14, 15

Smith, C. Raising Capital: Theory and Evidence. Midland Corporate Finance Journal 4, pp. 6-22, 1986.
15Capital Structure (1)

The Choice between Debt and Equity; MM Theorem; Leverage and Risk; Fallacies
Chapter 17

Graham, J. and C. Harvey. The Theory and Practice of Corporate Finance: Evidence From the Field. Durham, NC: Duke University Working Paper, 2000, pp. 10-22.

Study Questions:
Chapter 17: 2 - 6, 10 - 13
16Capital Structure (2)

Taxes and the After-Tax WACC, Financial Distress, Debt Overhang
Chapter 18, 19.1 - 19.4

Myers, S. The Search for Optimal Capital Structure. Midland Corporate Finance Journal 1, 1983, pp. 6-16. Reprinted in D. Chew, Ed. The New Corporate Finance: Where Theory Meets Practice.McGraw Hill, 1993, pp. 142-150.

Bank of America Roundtable on the Link between Capital Structure and Shareholder Value. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 10 (2), 1997. Reprinted in D. Chew, Ed. The New Corporate Finance: Where Theory Meets Practice, 3rd edition. McGraw Hill, 2001, pp. 247-274.

Study Questions:
Chapter 18: 1 - 7, 10 - 12

17Two Cases

Mitchell, Mark L., and Janet Mitchell. UST, Inc. South-Western College Publishing, 1996. ISBN No. 0-538-85800-1.

Baldwin, Carliss Y., Scott P. Mason, and Jennifer H. Hughes. Massey-Ferguson Ltd. - 1980. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1990. Case No. 9-282-043.

18Market Efficiency

Empirical Evidence; Implications for Corporate Managers
Chapter 13

Ball, R. The Theory of Stock Market Efficiency: Accomplishments and Limitations. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 8, 1995, pp. 4-17.

Study Questions:
Chapter 13: 1, 2, 3, 11, 13
Part 5 - Miscellaneous Topics
19

Options

Risk Management, Option Strategies, Black-Scholes Model, Implied Volatility

Chapter 20, 21

Case: Tufano, Peter, and Michael Lewittes. Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 1993. Case No. 9-293-053.

Study Questions:
Chapter 20: 3, 4, 8 - 10, 16
Chapter 21: 10, 14, 15

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