Handbook of the Economics of Finance: Volume 2A

In the 11 articles in this first of two parts, top scholars summarize and analyze recent scholarship in corporate finance. Covering subjects from corporate taxes to behavioral corporate finance and econometric issues, their articles reveal how specializations resonate with each other and indicate likely directions for future research. By including both established and emerging topics, Volume 2 will have the same long shelf life and high citations that characterize Volume 1 (2003).

Autorentext
Milt Harris is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Finance Association. He is past president of the Western Finance Association and the Society for Financial Studies.

Klappentext

In the 11 articles in this first of two volumes, top scholars will summarize and analyze recent scholarship in corporate finance. Covering subjects from corporate taxes to behavioral corporate finance and econometric issues, their articles will reveal how specializations resonate with each other and will indicate likely directions for future research. By including both established and emerging topics, Volume 2 will have the same long shelf life and high citations that characterize Volume 1 (2003).

Zusammenfassung
Covering subjects from corporate taxes to behavioral corporate finance and econometric issues, this title includes articles that reveal how specializations resonate with each other and indicate likely directions for future research. It presents coherent summaries of major finance fields, marking important advances and revisions.

Inhalt

1. Financial Intermediation, the Credit Markets, and Alternative Financial Systems

2. Financial Innovation and Securitization

3. Dynamic Security Design and Corporate Financing

4. Corporate Taxes

5. Executive Compensation and Firm Performance

6. Behavioral Corporate Finance

7. Law and Finance after a Decade of Research

8. Venture Capital and Private Equity

9. Endogeneity and other Econometric Issues in Empirical Corporate Finance

10. Entrepreneurship and Family Firms

11. Financing in Developing Countries