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James F. Albertus

Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business

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Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

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Private Equity Fund Debt: Agency Costs and Cash Flow Management

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 27 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2025
James F. Albertus and Matthew Denes
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Private equity, fund debt, performance, agency conflicts

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Foreign Investment of US Multinationals: The Effect of Tax Policy and Agency Conflicts

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 10 May 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2025
James F. Albertus, Brent Glover and Oliver Levine
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Finance
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), foreign direct investment (FDI), policy uncertainty, dynamic corporate finance, multinational corporations, structural estimation, corporate investment, taxation, agency conflicts, corporate cash holdings

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The Real and Financial Effects of Internal Liquidity: Evidence From the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 07 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2025
James F. Albertus, Brent Glover and Oliver Levine
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Finance
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Corporate liquidity; Corporate cash holdings; Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); Corporate investment; Mergers and acquisitions; Corporate income tax; Multinational corporations; Worldwide tax system; Repatriation tax

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Income Shifting Out of the United States by Foreign Multinational Firms

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
James F. Albertus
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Income shifting, transfer pricing, interest stripping, multinational firms, investment, employment

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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Asymmetric Taxes, Risk Taking, and Innovation

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Mar 2019
James F. Albertus, Brent Glover and Oliver Levine
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Finance
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Corporate Risk Taking, Multinational Corporations, Transfer Pricing, Taxation, Profit Shifting, Tax Avoidance, R&D, Intellectual Property, Corporate Investment

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Capital Call Facilities

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Jun 2024
James F. Albertus, Matthew Denes and Yingxiang Li
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
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Subscription lines of credit, subscription line facilities, subscription lines, subscription credit facilities, sublines, capital commitment facilities

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The Direct Investment Income Puzzle

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2019
James F. Albertus
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Foreign direct investment, exorbitant privilege, income puzzle, current account adjustment

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Does Intergenerational Mobility Increase Corporate Profits?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2019
James F. Albertus and Michael Smolyansky
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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intergenerational mobility, corporate profitability, human capital

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Does Intergenerational Mobility Increase Corporate Profits?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2019-81
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2019
James F. Albertus and Michael Smolyansky
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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The Economic Impact of Insolvency Reforms Around the World

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Apr 2025 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2026
James F. Albertus, Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, Edith S. Hotchkiss and Xiang Zheng
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law, Boston College - Carroll School of Management and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance
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Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Reorganization, Creditor rights, Debtor rights, Investment

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Does Foreign Tax Arbitrage Promote Innovation?

Posted: 16 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2020
James F. Albertus
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business

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Multinational firms, tax avoidance, intellectual property, innovation