Handbook of the Economics of Finance Corporate Finance [Hardcover]

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).

• Presents coherent summaries of major finance fields, marking important advances and revisions
• Describes the best corporate finance research created about the 2008 financial crises
• Exposes readers to a wide range of subjects described and analyzed by the best scholars

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

Detailed surveys of major subjects in corporate finance and financial markets?for graduate students and professors

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 resol3+