TY - BOOK AU - Damodaran, Aswath TI - Investment valuation : tools and techniques for determining the value of any asset SN - 9780471414902 U1 - 658.15 DAM PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Corporations--Valuation--Mathematical models KW - Business KW - Capital assets pricing model KW - Investment analysis KW - Financial management N1 - Preface: 1. Introduction to Valuation 2. Approaches to valuation 3. Understanding Financial Statements 4. The Basics of Risk 5. Option Pricing Theory and Models 6. Market Efficiency—Definition, Tests, and Evidence 7. Riskless Rates and Risk Premiums 8. Estimating Risk Parameters and Costs of Financing 9. Measuring Earnings 10. From Earnings to Cash Flows 11. Estimating Growth 12. Closure in valuation : estimating Terminal Value 13. Dividend Discount Models 14. Free Cash Flow to Equity Discount Models 15. Firm Valuation: Cost of Capital and Adjusted Present Value Approaches 16. Estimating Equity Value per Share 17. Fundamental Principles of Relative Valuation 18. Earnings Multiples 19. Book value Multiples 20. Revenue Multiples and Sector-Specific Multiples 21. Valuing Financial Service Firms 22. Valuing Firms with Negative Earnings 23. Valuing Young or Start-Up Firms 24. Valuing Private Firms 25. Acquisitions and Takeovers 26. Valuing Real Estate 27. Valuing Other Assets 28. The Option to Delay and Valuation Implications 29. The Options to Expand and to Abandon: Valuation Implications 30. Valuing Equity in Distressed Firms 31. Value Enhancement: A Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Framework 32. Value Enhancement: Economic Value Added, Cash Flow Return on Investment, and Other Tools 33. Valuing Bonds 34. Valuing futures and forward contracts 35. Over and Conclusion References Index N2 - Provides instructions on how to value various types of asset-stocks, bonds, options, real assets, and more. This work shows you the models used to value different types of assets and the elements of these models, and how to choose the right model for any given asset valuation scenario. It also addresses valuation of unconventional assets ER -