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
Harvard Business School
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42,947
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
University of Chicago - Finance and Harvard Business School
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35,351
3.
Managerial Compensation and Capital Structure Under Asymmetric Information
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 02 Mar 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Warwick - Finance Group
There are 2 versions of this paper
Managerial Compensation and Capital Structure Under Asymmetric Information
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 02 Mar 2007
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22,914
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22,914
4.
A Survey of Behavioral Finance
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 04 Oct 2002
Working Paper Series
Yale School of Management and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
A Survey of Behavioral Finance
NBER Working Paper No. w9222
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 19 Sep 2002
Last Revised: 29 Oct 2010
Downloads
1,003
Downloads
22,254
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
The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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20,142
6.
Crowdfunding of Small Entrepreneurial Ventures
HANDBOOK OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 30 Oct 2010
Working Paper Series
SKEMA Business School and Universite du Luxembourg
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19,190
7.
Trade-Off and Pecking Order Theories of Debt
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 22 Feb 2005
Last Revised: 11 Dec 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
Downloads
17,576
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
University of Chicago - Finance and Harvard Business School
Downloads
14,163
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
NTNU Business School - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Downloads
13,832
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
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
Downloads
13,658
11.
Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications – The 2017 Edition
Number of pages: 141
Posted: 07 Apr 2017
Working Paper Series
New York University - Stern School of Business
Downloads
11,271
12.
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
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads
11,263
13.
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
Duke University and Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
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
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11,183
A Review of Empirical Capital Structure Research and Directions for the Future
Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 3, pp. 309-345, 2011
Posted: 10 Jan 2012
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11,183
14.
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
University of Navarra - IESE Business School, IESE Business School and University of Navarra, IESE Business School
Downloads
10,610
15.
Does Dividend Policy Foretell Earnings Growth?
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 07 Jan 2002
Working Paper Series
Research Affiliates, LLC and AQR Capital Management, LLC
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10,399
16.
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
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
Downloads
10,336
17.
Capital Structure Decisions
AFA 2004 San Diego Meetings
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 28 May 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
Downloads
9,838
18.
Equity Premium: Historical, Expected, Required and Implied
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 27 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 17 Oct 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
Downloads
9,603
19.
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
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
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8,942
20.
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
European School of Management (ESCP) - (EAP) and University of Manitoba - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads
8,497
21.
Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 11 Jan 2015
Last Revised: 21 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
Downloads
8,086
22.
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
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and Cornell University - Cornell Tech NYC
There are 2 versions of this paper
Payout Policy in the 21st Century
Tuck Contemporary Corporate Finance Issues III Conference Paper
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 03 Aug 2004
Downloads
7,907
Payout Policy in the 21st Century
NBER Working Paper No. w9657
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 23 May 2003
Downloads
299
Downloads
7,907
23.
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
University of Minnesota and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
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7,822
24.
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
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads
7,670
25.
Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors are Reliably Important?
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 24 Jul 2004
Last Revised: 11 Dec 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Minnesota and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance
Downloads
7,593
26.
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
Columbia University - Columbia Business School and Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting
Downloads
7,529
27.
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
AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and London Business School
Downloads
7,516
28.
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
University of Chicago - Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
My Life in Finance
Annual Review of Financial Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 15 Feb 2010
Last Revised: 10 Mar 2010
Downloads
7,055
Downloads
7,055
29.
Effects of Working Capital Management on SME Profitability
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 05 Apr 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Murcia and University of Murcia
Downloads
7,048
30.
Swept Away by the Crowd? Crowdfunding, Venture Capital, and the Selection of Entrepreneurs
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 25 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads
7,045
31.
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
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Capital Structure and Stock Returns
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 02-03; EFMA 2002 London Meetings
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 25 Jan 2002
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6,763
Capital Structure and Stock Returns
Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 112, No. 1, Pt. 1, pp. 106-31, February 2004
Posted: 25 Jan 2004
Downloads
6,763
32.
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
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads
6,620
33.
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
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
6,594
34.
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
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics, Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads
6,503
35.
Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? International Evidence on the Determinants of Dividend Policy
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 04 Mar 2006
Working Paper Series
Georgia State University, Department of Finance and University of Pittsburgh
Downloads
6,222
36.
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
Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
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
Downloads
6,217
Capital Structure and Debt Structure
NBER Working Paper No. w14488
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 17 Nov 2008
Last Revised: 04 Aug 2010
Downloads
142
Downloads
6,217
37.
Supercharged IPOs and the Up-C
University of Colorado Law Review, Forthcoming, BYU Law Research Paper No. 17-03
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 26 Mar 2016
Last Revised: 22 Jun 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Downloads
6,192
38.
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
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, The University of Melbourne - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
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
Downloads
6,172
An International Comparison of Capital Structure and Debt Maturity Choices
NBER Working Paper No. w16445
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 12 Oct 2010
Downloads
94
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6,172
39.
Optimal Capital Structure
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 20 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 15 Sep 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Duke University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Downloads
6,108
40.
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
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
6,089
41.
A Review of Tax Research
Number of pages: 138
Posted: 23 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads
6,005
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
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
There are 2 versions of this paper
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
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5,919
Corporate Payout Policy
Foundations and Trends in Finance, Vol. 3, No. 2-3, 2008
Number of pages: 197
Posted: 24 Jun 2010
Downloads
14
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5,919
43.
What's Really Wrong with U.S. Business Schools?
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 01 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
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
5,888
44.
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
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
A Dynamic Model of Optimal Capital Structure
McCombs Research Paper Series No. FIN-03-06
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 19 Nov 2002
Downloads
5,878
A Dynamic Model of Optimal Capital Structure
Review of Finance, Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 401-451, 2007
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
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5,878
45.
Earnings Management Through Real Activities Manipulation
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 19 Dec 2003
Working Paper Series
Boston College
Downloads
5,758
46.
Financing Decisions: Who Issues Stock?
CRSP Working Paper No. 549
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 13 Aug 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads
5,567
47.
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
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, London Business School - Department of Strategic & International Management and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads
5,550
48.
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
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Bank of Italy
Downloads
5,497
49.
Market Timing and Capital Structure
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 30 Apr 2001
Last Revised: 13 Jan 2009
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School and NYU Stern School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
Market Timing and Capital Structure
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 30 Apr 2001
Last Revised: 13 Jan 2009
Downloads
5,489
Market Timing and Capital Structure
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31357, NYU Working Paper No. FIN-11-024
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 14 Dec 2011
Downloads
487
Market Timing and Capital Structure
Journal of Finance, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 1-32, February 2002
Posted: 20 Aug 2001
Last Revised: 13 Jan 2009
Downloads
5,489
50.
The Anatomy of an LBO: Leverage, Control and Value
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 22 Jul 2008
Working Paper Series
New York University - Stern School of Business
Downloads
5,294
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