Michael W. Faulkender

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Assistant Professor of Finance

College Park, MD 20742-1815

United States

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Does Corporate Performance Determine Capital Structure and Dividend Policy?

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Mar 2005
Michael W. Faulkender, Anjan V. Thakor and Todd T. Milbourn
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business and Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School
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Capital Structure, Dividend Policy, Disagreement

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Cash Flows and Leverage Adjustments

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), March 2012, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2013
Michael W. Faulkender, Mark J. Flannery, Kristine Watson Hankins and Jason M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, University of Kentucky and Utah State University
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Capital Structure, Corporate Finance

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Cash Holdings Among Small Businesses

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Apr 2002
Michael W. Faulkender
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Capital Structure, Cash Holdings, Information Asymmetry, Financial Distress

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Does the Source of Capital Affect Capital Structure?

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Does the Source of Capital Affect Capital Structure?

AFA 2004 San Diego Meetings
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Feb 2003
Michael W. Faulkender and Mitchell A. Petersen
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Does the Source of Capital Affect Capital Structure?

NBER Working Paper No. w9930
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2010
Michael W. Faulkender and Mitchell A. Petersen
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Does the Source of Capital Affect Capital Structure?

Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 45-79, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Michael W. Faulkender and Mitchell A. Petersen
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Inside the Black Box: The Role and Composition of Compensation Peer Groups

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Michael W. Faulkender and Jun Yang
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
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Corproate Governance, Executive Compensation, Compensation Peer Groups

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Hedging or Market Timing? Selecting the Interest Rate Exposure of Corporate Debt

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 18 Dec 2001
Michael W. Faulkender
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Hedging, Risk Management, Capital Structure, Market Timing

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Corporate Financial Policy and the Value of Cash

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Jul 2004
Michael W. Faulkender and Rong Wang
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Singapore Management University
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Cash holdings, financial constraints, corporate finance

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Taxes and Leverage at Multinational Corporations

Western Finance Association, 2014, NBER Summer Institute, Corporate Finance Workshop, 2014, Robert H. Smith School Research Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2014
Michael W. Faulkender and Jason M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Utah State University
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Capital Structure, Taxes

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Is Disclosure an Effective Cleansing Mechanism? The Dynamics of Compensation Peer Benchmarking

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Is Disclosure an Effective Cleansing Mechanism? The Dynamics of Compensation Peer Benchmarking

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Michael W. Faulkender and Jun Yang
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
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Disclosure Regulation, Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, Peer Groups, Benchmarking

Is Disclosure an Effective Cleansing Mechanism? The Dynamics of Compensation Peer Benchmarking

AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Michael W. Faulkender and Jun Yang
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
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disclosure regulation, corporate governance, executive compensation, peer groups, benchmarking

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Why are Firms Using Interest Rate Swaps to Time the Yield Curve?

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Jul 2005
Michael W. Faulkender and Sergey Chernenko
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Purdue University - Department of Management
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Interest Rate Swaps, Market Timing, Myopia, Speculation

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Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act

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Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2014
Mitchell A. Petersen and Michael W. Faulkender
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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taxes, taxation, investment incentives, panel econmetrics

Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act

NBER Working Paper No. w15248
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 18 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2014
Michael W. Faulkender and Mitchell A. Petersen
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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The Market Reaction to the Strategic Use of Interest Rate Swaps

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Sep 2006
Michael W. Faulkender, Nicole Thorne Jenkins and Chandra Seethamraju
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Kentucky - Von Allmen School of Accountancy, Gatton College of Business and Economics and Franklin Templeton Investments
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Earnings Management, Interest Rate Swaps, Derivatives

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Understanding the Rise in Corporate Cash: Precautionary Savings or Foreign Taxes

NBER Working Paper No. w23799
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Sep 2017
Michael W. Faulkender, Kristine Watson Hankins and Mitchell A. Petersen
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Kentucky and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Executive Compensation: An Overview of Research on Corporate Practices and Proposed Reforms

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 107-118, Winter 2010
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 31 Mar 2010
Michael W. Faulkender, Dalida Kadyrzhanova, N. Prabhala and Lemma W. Senbet
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Georgia State University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Walmart's Use of Interest Rate Swaps

HBS Case No. 108-038, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit
Posted: 23 Nov 2009
Michael D. Kimbrough, Michael W. Faulkender, Nicole Thorne Jenkins and Rachel Gordon
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Kentucky - Von Allmen School of Accountancy, Gatton College of Business and Economics and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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