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Introduction : the big picture, environment, terminology, and preview -- The objective of capital budgeting -- Estimating basic project characteristics -- Cost of capital -- Traditional methods that ignore time-value of money -- Traditional methods that recognize time-value of money : the net present value -- Traditional methods that recognize time-value of money : the internal rate of return -- Reinvestment rate assumptions for NPV and IRR and conflicting rankings -- The MAPI method -- The problem of mixed cash flows : I -- The problem of mixed cash flows : II -- Appendix : the problem of mixed cash flows III- a two-stage method of analysis -- Leasing -- Leveraged leases -- Alternative investment measures -- Project abandonment analysis -- Multiple project capital budgeting -- Appendix to multiple project capital budgeting -- Utility and risk aversion -- Single project analysis under risk -- Multiple project selection under risk : computer simulation and other approaches -- Multiple project selection under risk : portfolio approaches -- The capital asset pricing model -- Multiple project selection under risk -- Real options -- Appendix : financial mathematics tables and formulas