Capital Budgeting: Theory And Practice

Capital investment decisions are a constant challenge to all levels of financial managers. Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice shows you how to confront them using state-of-the-art techniques.
Broken down into four comprehensive sections, Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice explores and illustrates all aspects of the capital budgeting decision process. Pamela Peterson and Frank Fabozzi examine the critical issues and limitations of capital budgeting techniques with an in-depth analysis of:
Classifying capital budgeting proposals
Determining the relevant cash flows for capital budgeting proposals
Assessing the economic value of a capital budgeting proposal using different techniques
Incorporating risk into the capital budgeting decision
Evaluating whether to lease or borrow-to-buy
Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice provides the knowledge, insight, and advice that will allow you to handle one of the most important aspects of your firm's financial management. Advanced enough for practitioners yet accessible enough for the novice, Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice is your complete guide to understanding and benefiting from the essential techniques of capital budgeting.

PAMELA P. PETERSON, PhD, CFA, is Professor of Finance at Florida State University where she teaches undergraduate courses in corporate finance and doctoral courses in empirical research methods. Professor Peterson has published articles in journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, and the Financial Analysts Journal. She is the coauthor with David R. Peterson of Company Performance and Measures of Value Added and coauthor with Frank J. Fabozzi of Analysis of Financial Statements.
FRANK J. FABOZZI, PhD, CPA, CFA, is Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management. Dr. Fabozzi is on the board of directors of the Guardian Life family of funds and the BlackRock complex of funds. He earned a doctorate in economics from the City University of New York in 1972 and, in 1994, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Fabozzi is a Fellow of the International Center for Finance at Yale University.

About the Authors.

Preface.

SECTION I: MAKING INVESTMENT DECISIONS.

The Investment Problem and Capital Budgeting.

Cash Flow Estimation.

Integrative Examples and Cash Flow Estimation in Practice.

SECTION II: CAPITAL BUDGETING EVALUATION TECHNIQUES.

Payback and Discounted Payback Period Techniques.

Net Present Value Technique.

Profitability Index Technique.

Internal Rate of Return Technique.

Modified Internal Rate of Return Technique.

Comparing Evaluation Techniques and Some Concluding Thoughts.

SECTION III: CAPITAL BUDGETING AND RISK.

Measurement of Project Risk.

Incorporating Risk in the Capital Budgeting Decision.

SECTION IV: ANALYZING THE LEASE VERSUS BORROW-TO-BUY PROBLEM.

Valuing a Lease.

Uncertainty and the Lease Valuation Model.

Generalization of the Lease Valuation Model.

Appendix: The Fundamental of Equipment Leasing.

Index.