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1.

Agency Cost Of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers

American Economic Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, May 1986
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Mar 1999
Accepted Paper Series
Michael C. Jensen
SSRN
Downloads 41,460
2.

Separation of Ownership and Control

Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998, and Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 26, June 1983
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Nov 1998
Accepted Paper Series
Eugene F. Fama and Michael C. Jensen
University of Chicago - Finance and SSRN
Downloads 34,529
3.

Managerial Compensation and Capital Structure Under Asymmetric Information

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Mar 2007
Working Paper Series
Kostas Koufopoulos
University of Warwick - Finance Group

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Downloads 22,856
4.

A Survey of Behavioral Finance

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 04 Oct 2002
Working Paper Series
Nicholas Barberis and Richard H. Thaler
Yale School of Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Downloads 21,562
5.

Endogeneity in Empirical Corporate Finance

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 11-29
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 28 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2012
Working Paper Series
Michael R. Roberts and Toni M. Whited
The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 18,427
6.

Trade-Off and Pecking Order Theories of Debt

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 22 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2007
Working Paper Series
Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal
University of Minnesota and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
Downloads 16,785
7.

Crowdfunding of Small Entrepreneurial Ventures

HANDBOOK OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Oct 2010
Working Paper Series
Armin Schwienbacher and Benjamin Larralde
SKEMA Business School and Universite du Luxembourg
Downloads 16,558
8.

Agency Problems and Residual Claims

Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998; Journal of Law & Economics, Vol. 26, June 1983
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Nov 1998
Accepted Paper Series
Eugene F. Fama and Michael C. Jensen
University of Chicago - Finance and SSRN
Downloads 13,814
9.

Theory of Capital Structure - a Review

FRIHET OG MANGFOLD, FESTSSKRIFT TIL ODD, G. Arntzen. L. Fallan & O. Gustafsson, eds., Trondheim: Tapir/TØH, Tapir Academic Press, NO-7005 Trondheim, Norway,
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Stein Frydenberg
NTNU Business School - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Downloads 13,457
10.

Optimal Capital Structure: Problems with the Harvard and Damodaran Approaches

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 May 2001 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2017
Working Paper Series
Pablo Fernandez
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
Downloads 13,142
11.

Disappearing Dividends: Changing Firm Characteristics Or Lower Propensity To Pay?

AFA 2001 New Orleans; CRSP Working Paper No. 509
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 03 Feb 2000
Working Paper Series
Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French
University of Chicago - Finance and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Downloads 10,943
12.

A Review of Empirical Capital Structure Research and Directions for the Future

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 3, 2011
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2011
Working Paper Series
John R. Graham and Mark T. Leary
Duke University and Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School

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Downloads 10,589
13.

Market Risk Premium and Risk Free Rate Used for 51 Countries in 2013: A Survey with 6,237 Answers

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2013
Working Paper Series
Pablo Fernandez, Javier Aguirreamalloa and Pablo Linares
University of Navarra - IESE Business School, IESE Business School and University of Navarra, IESE Business School
Downloads 10,259
14.

Does Dividend Policy Foretell Earnings Growth?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Jan 2002
Working Paper Series
Robert D. Arnott and Clifford S. Asness
Research Affiliates, LLC and AQR Capital Management, LLC
Downloads 10,209
15.

Capital Structure Decisions

AFA 2004 San Diego Meetings
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 May 2003
Working Paper Series
Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal
University of Minnesota and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
Downloads 9,634
16.

Equity Premium: Historical, Expected, Required and Implied

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2017
Working Paper Series
Pablo Fernandez
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
Downloads 9,164
17.

How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-33, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 477/2016
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 29 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 10 May 2017
Working Paper Series
Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

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Downloads 8,709
18.

How to Value a Seasonal Company Discounting Cash Flows

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Jun 2003 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2017
Working Paper Series
Pablo Fernandez
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
Downloads 8,518
19.

The Determinants of Capital Structure Choice: A Survey of European Firms

AFA 2003 Washington, DC Meetings; EFMA 2002 London Meetings
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Feb 2002
Working Paper Series
Franck Bancel and Usha R. Mittoo
European School of Management (ESCP) - (EAP) and University of Manitoba - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 8,330
20.

Payout Policy in the 21st Century

Tuck Contemporary Corporate Finance Issues III Conference Paper
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Aug 2004
Working Paper Series
Alon Brav, Campbell R. Harvey, John R. Graham and Roni Michaely
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and Johnson@Cornell Tech, Cornell University

Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 7,773
21.

Testing the Pecking Order Theory of Capital Structure

EFA 0157: AFA 2001 New Orleans
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Dec 2000
Working Paper Series
Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal
University of Minnesota and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
Downloads 7,566
22.

Testing Tradeoff and Pecking Order Predictions About Dividends and Debt

CRSP Working Paper No. 506
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Dec 1999
Working Paper Series
Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French
University of Chicago - Finance and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Downloads 7,548
23.

Financial Statement Analysis of Leverage and How It Informs About Profitability and Price-to-Book Ratios

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Dec 2001
Working Paper Series
Doron Nissim and Stephen H. Penman
Columbia University - Columbia Business School and Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting
Downloads 7,293
24.

Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
Jonathan Berk, Campbell R. Harvey and David A. Hirshleifer
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
Downloads 7,196
25.

Accrual Reliability, Earnings Persistence and Stock Prices

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 39, No. 3, September 2005
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Mar 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Scott A. Richardson, Richard G. Sloan, Mark T. Soliman and A. Irem Tuna
AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of California, Berkeley - Accounting Group, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and London Business School
Downloads 7,191
26.

Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors are Reliably Important?

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2007
Working Paper Series
Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal
University of Minnesota and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
Downloads 7,185
27.

My Life in Finance

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Eugene F. Fama
University of Chicago - Finance

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Downloads 6,873
28.

Effects of Working Capital Management on SME Profitability

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Apr 2006
Working Paper Series
Pedro Martínez-Solano and Pedro J. García-Teruel
University of Murcia and University of Murcia

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Downloads 6,819
29.

Capital Structure and Stock Returns

Yale ICF Working Paper No. 02-03; EFMA 2002 London Meetings
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Jan 2002
Working Paper Series
Ivo Welch
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

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Downloads 6,674
30.

Supply of Capital and Capital Structure: The Role of Financial Development

Midwest Finance Association 2012 Annual Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 17 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2016
Working Paper Series
Angelos A. Antzoulatos, Kostas Koufopoulos, Costas Lambrinoudakis and Emmanuel D. Tsiritakis
University of Piraeus - Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Warwick - Finance Group, University of Leeds - Leeds University Business School (LUBS) and University of Piraeus
Downloads 6,537
31.

Two and Twenty: Taxing Partnership Profits in Private Equity Funds

New York University Law Review, 2008, U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-27, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 06-11
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Mar 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Victor Fleischer
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 6,392
32.

Swept Away by the Crowd? Crowdfunding, Venture Capital, and the Selection of Entrepreneurs

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
Ethan R. Mollick
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 6,359
33.

Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance

Journal of Finance, Vol. 63, p. 1729, 2008, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 139/2006, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-28, FDIC Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. 2008-06
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Apr 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Randall S. Thomas and Frank Partnoy
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics, Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 6,319
34.

An International Comparison of Capital Structure and Debt Maturity Choices

AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 27 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2011
Working Paper Series
Joseph P. H. Fan, Garry J. Twite and Sheridan Titman
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, University of Melbourne - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance

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Downloads 6,073
35.

Capital Structure and Debt Structure

EFA 2008 Athens Meetings Paper, AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2010
Working Paper Series
Joshua D. Rauh and Amir Sufi
Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Downloads 6,039
36.

Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? International Evidence on the Determinants of Dividend Policy

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Mar 2006
Working Paper Series
Igor Osobov and David J. Denis
Georgia State University, Department of Finance and University of Pittsburgh
Downloads 5,920
37.

Optimal Capital Structure

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2013
Working Paper Series
Jules H. van Binsbergen, John R. Graham and Jie Yang
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Duke University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Downloads 5,830
38.

What's Really Wrong with U.S. Business Schools?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Harry DeAngelo, Linda DeAngelo and Jerold L. Zimmerman
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
Downloads 5,819
39.

Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications – The 2017 Edition

Number of pages: 141 Posted: 07 Apr 2017
Working Paper Series
Aswath Damodaran
New York University - Stern School of Business
Downloads 5,763
40.

A Dynamic Model of Optimal Capital Structure

McCombs Research Paper Series No. FIN-03-06
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Nov 2002
Working Paper Series
Sergey Tsyplakov and Sheridan Titman
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance

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Downloads 5,740
41.

Capital Structure, Payout Policy, and Financial Flexibility

Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 02-06
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 20 May 2009
Working Paper Series
Harry DeAngelo and Linda DeAngelo
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department
Downloads 5,691
42.

Corporate Payout Policy

Foundations and Trends in Finance, Vol. 3, Nos. 2-3, pp. 95-287, 2008
Number of pages: 198 Posted: 07 May 2009 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Harry DeAngelo, Linda DeAngelo and Douglas J. Skinner
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department and The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 5,577
43.

Financing Decisions: Who Issues Stock?

CRSP Working Paper No. 549
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Aug 2003
Working Paper Series
Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French
University of Chicago - Finance and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Downloads 5,451
44.

Market Timing and Capital Structure

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Apr 2001 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2009
Working Paper Series
Malcolm P. Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
Harvard Business School and NYU Stern School of Business

Multiple version iconThere are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 5,407
45.

Earnings Management Through Real Activities Manipulation

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Dec 2003
Working Paper Series
Sugata Roychowdhury
Boston College
Downloads 5,391
46.

A Review of Tax Research

Number of pages: 138 Posted: 23 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
Michelle Hanlon and Shane Heitzman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 5,362
47.

Capital Structure and Firm Performance: A New Approach to Testing Agency Theory and an Application to the Banking Industry

FEDS Working Paper No. 2002-54
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
Allen N. Berger and Emilia Bonaccorsi di Patti
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Bank of Italy
Downloads 5,323
48.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance

Strategic Management Journal, 35 (1): 1-23.
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 May 2011 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, London Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads 5,001
49.

Enterprise Risk Management: Theory and Practice

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Aug 2006
Working Paper Series
Brian W. Nocco and René M. Stulz
Nationwide Insurance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance

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Downloads 4,970
50.

Does Venture Capital Require an Active Stock Market?

As published in Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, pp. 36-48, Winter 1999
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Mar 2000
Accepted Paper Series
Ronald J. Gilson and Bernard S. Black
Stanford Law School and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
Downloads 4,942
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