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Corporate Finance

Ross  Westerfield  Jaffe _{Sixth Edition}

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Chapter One

Introduction to

Corporate Finance

Prepared by Gady Jacoby

University of Manitoba and

Sebouh Aintablian

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Chapter Outline

1.1 What is Corporate Finance?

1.2 Corporate Securities as Contingent Claims on Total Firm Value

1.3 The Corporate Firm

1.4 Goals of the Corporate Firm

1.5 Financial Institutions, Financial Markets, And The Corporation