Capital Budgeting

PAMELA P. PETERSON, PhD, CFA, is Professor of Finance at Florida State University where she teaches undergraduate courses in corpo-rate 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.