Finance Theory - Lecture Notes   by Robert C. Merton
              1982 325 pages  pdf format

                  Table of Contents
I. Introduction  
II. On the Arithmetic of Compound Interest: The Time Value of Money
III. On the Theory of Accumulation and Intertemporal Consumption Choice by
Households in an Environment of Certainty  
IV. On the Role of Business Firms, Financial Instruments and Markets in an
Environment of Certainty
V. The "Default-Free" Bond Market and Financial Intermediation in Borrowing
and Lending  
VI. The Value of the Firm Under Certainty  
VII. The Firm's Investment Decision Under Certainty: Capital Budgeting and
Ranking of New Investment Projects
VIII. Forward Contracts, Futures Contracts and Options
IX. The Financing Decision by Firms: Impact of Capital Structure Choice on
Value
X. The Investor's Decision Under Uncertainty: Portfolio Selection  
XI. Implications of Portfolio Theory for the Operation of the Capital Markets: The
Capital Asset Pricing Model  
XII. Risk-Spreading via Financial Intermediation: Life Insurance
XIII. Optimal Use of Security Analysis and Investment Management  
XIV. Theory of Value and Capital Budgeting Under Uncertainty
XV. Introduction to Mergers and Acquisitions: Firm Diversification  
XVI. The Financing Decision by Firms: Impact of Dividend Policy on Value