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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462301303321

Autore

Davidson Ian <1949-, >

Titolo

Principles of equity valuation / / Ian Davidson and Mark Tippett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-58572-3

9786613898173

0-203-11261-X

1-136-28304-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TippettMark <1949->

Disciplina

332.63/2

Soggetti

Corporations - Valuation

Business enterprises - Valuation

Investment analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The measurement of returns on bonds, equities and other financial instruments -- The relationship between risk and return -- Alternative approaches to the relationship between risk and return -- Returns and the capital structure of the firm -- The relationship between equity value, dividends and other cash flow streams -- The relationship between book (accounting) rates of return and the cost of capital for firms and capital projects -- Statistical foundations : first order stochastic differential equations -- Statistical foundations : systems of and higher order stochastic differential equations -- Equity valuation : a canonical model -- Equity valuation : non-linearities and scaling -- Equity valuation : multi-variable investment opportunity sets -- Equity valuation : higher order investment opportunity sets, momentum and acceleration.

Sommario/riassunto

The book provides a rigorous introduction to corporate finance and the valuation of equity. The first half of the book covers much of the received theory in these areas such as the relationship between the risk of an equity security and the return one can expect from it, the effects of leverage (that is, the borrowing policies of the firm) on the return



one can expect from the firm's shares and the role that dividends, operating cash flows and accounting earnings play in the valuation of equity. The second half of the book is more advanced and deals with the important role that ""real optio