Risk, Capital Costs, and Project Financing Decisions

The ending of the decade of the seventies and the dawning of the eighties can be characterized as a period of great uncertainty with prospects for economic­ political instability. High inflation and fluctuating exchange rates in the de­ veloped Western world have served to strengthen the forces of d...

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Other Authors: Derkinderen, F.G.J. (Editor), Crum, R.L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1981, 1981
Edition:1st ed. 1981
Series:Nijenrode Studies in Business
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Risk Specification and Defensive Behavior
  • 1 Behavioral Risk Constraints in Investment Analysis
  • 2 Risk Preference: Empirical Evidence and Its Implications for Capital Budgeting
  • 3 The Factor of Urgency in Corporate Capital Budgeting Decisions
  • 4 Geographic Perspectives of Risk: A Financial Strategic Approach
  • II Estimating the Cost of Capital
  • 5 Estimating the Market Risk Premium
  • 6 Growth Opportunities and Real Investment Decisions
  • 7 A Multiperiod Cost of Capital Concept and Its Impact on the Formulation of Financial Policy
  • 8 Inefficient Capital Markets and Their Implications
  • 9 An Investment Decision Model for Small Business
  • III Financing the Investment of Capital
  • 10 On Working Capital as an Investment by the Firm
  • 11 Capital Budgeting Proposals with Negative Salvage Values
  • 12 The Cost of Financing to the Firm in Foreign Exchange: Some Empirical Results and Their Implications
  • 13 Leasing: The Gulf between Theory and Practice
  • 14 A Pragmatic Approach to the Estimation Problems Encountered in Lease-Purchase Analysis
  • Epilogue