The fifth edition of Introduction to Corporate Finance is a student friendly and engaging course that provides the most thorough, accessible, accurate, and current coverage of the theory and application of corporate finance within a uniquely Canadian context. Introduction to Corporate Finance will provide students with the skills they need to succeed not only in the course, but in their future careers.

Introduction to Corporate Finance, Second Edition continues to be a landmark in Canadian corporate finance. Written from the ground up by internationally recognized researchers, Laurence Booth, University of Toronto and W. Sean Cleary, Queen′s University, the text is built around a unique framework that recognizes that finance rests upon three distinct legs: economics, accounting, and law. The text enables instructors to provide their students with a solid foundation in the theory and application of corporate finance, but with extensive coverage of new areas of finance that are important to Canadians. The state of the financial world and the global financial crisis has dominated world affairs, with everyone wanting to know: What happened? Why? Where do we go from here? Introduction to Corporate Finance, Second Edition addresses these questions with clear, easy-to-understand discussion and analysis suitable for introductory finance students. In addition, each chapter includes a new Lessons to be Learned feature that illustrates an important concept in that chapter, and how that basic tenet of finance was either ignored and thus fuelled the financial crisis, or was adhered to and helped to mitigate the effects of the crisis. This highlights and reinforces the concept to readers the future leaders of our business community.

Using the unifying valuation framework based on the Law of One Price, Corporate Finance, Fourth Canadian Edition, blends coverage of time-tested principles and the latest advancements with the practical perspective of the financial manager. With this ideal melding of the core with modern topics, innovation with proven pedagogy, renowned researchers Berk, DeMarzo and Stangeland establish the new canon in finance. KEY TOPICS: The Corporation;Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis;Arbitrage and Financial Decision Making;The Time Value of Money;Interest Rates;Valuing Bonds;Valuing Stocks;Investment Decision Rules;Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting;Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk;Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital Asset Pricing Model;Estimating the Cost of Capital;Investor Behaviour and Capital Market Efficiency;Financial Options;Option Valuation;Real Options;Capital Structure in a Perfect Market;Debt and Taxes;Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information;Payout Policy;Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage;Valuation and Financial Modeling: A Case Study;The Mechanics of Raising Equity Capital;Debt Financing;Leasing;Working Capital Management;Short-Term Financial Planning;Mergers and Acquisitions;Corporate Governance;Risk Management;International Corporate Finance MARKET: Appropriate for Undergraduate Corporate Finance Courses.

"A Canadian text should reflect Canadian realities, and show how they fit into the bigger picture. The Canadian tax system, for example, differs significantly from that of the United States regarding dividends, capital gains, capital cost allowance, leasing, and foreign subsidiary income and its taxation in the parent company. We use the relevant Canadian tax code to make the examples more realistic to students and to give them exposure to how Canadian taxation works. There are many institutional and market differences between Canada and the United States. We have incorporated information on both countries' institutions and markets and often include comparisons with other countries."--