TY - BOOK AU - Dempsey,Michael TI - Stock markets and corporate finance SN - 9781786343260 AV - HG4551 .D396 2018 U1 - 332.642 23 PY - 2018/// CY - New Jersey PB - World Scientific Publishing KW - Stock exchanges KW - History KW - Stocks KW - Prices KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Valuation N1 - Introduction: stock markets and corporate finance -- A short history of stock markets -- The time value of money -- Market debt, interest rates and valuation -- The valuation of equity shares -- Shareholders' required rate of return (the cost of equity capital) -- Accounting statements and ratio analysis -- Financial leverage -- Valuation of cash flows -- Currency exchange rates -- Hedging currency risk : derivatives -- Investment decision making : theory and practice -- Equity value and personal taxes -- Financial leverage (revisited) -- Valuation of the firm's cash flows (revisited) -- Ethical behavior ER -