Handbook of corporate finance - Denis, David J. 1960- (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024)
Contents:; Introduction to the Handbook of Corporate Finance 1; David J. Denis; PART I CORPORATE OBJECTIVES; 1 The corporate objective function 7; Diane Denis; PART II CORPORATE FINANCING AND PAYOUT POLICIES; 2 Empirical corporate capital structure 27; Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal; 3 Corporate dividend policy 126; Mark Leary and Vasudha Nukala; 4 Share repurchases 176; Alice Bonaime and Kathleen Kahle; 5 Corporate cash holdings 223; David J. Denis and Luxi Wang; 6 Leveraged finance 249; Greg Nini and David C. Smith; 7 Risk management 294; Kristine W. Hankins and Gerard Hoberg; PART III MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, AND TAKEOVER DEFENSES; 8 The private deal process in mergers and acquisitions 323; Nihat Aktas and Audra Boone; 9 Cross-border mergers and acquisitions 345; Isil Erel, Yeejin Jang, and Michael S. Weisbach; 10 Merger waves: a survey of the literature 377; Jarrad Harford; 11 Corporate takeover defenses 410; Jonathan M. Karpoff and Michael D. Wittry; PART IV CORPORATE OWNERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; 12 Survey of boards' monitoring and advisory roles 456; Jeffrey L. Coles, Naveen D. Daniel, and Lalitha Naveen; 13 The blurring lines between private and public ownership 479; Michelle Lowry; 14 Information flows, organizational structure, and corporate governance 511; Nadya Malenko; PART V OTHER IMPORTANT INFLUENCES ON CORPORATE FINANCE; DECISIONS; 15 Corporate decision-making under uncertainty: review and future research; directions 548; Murillo Campello and Gaurav Kankanhalli; 16 Product markets, competition and corporate finance: a review and directions; for future research 591; Laurent Fresard and Gordon M. Phillips; 17 Labor and corporate finance 647; Naman Nishesh, Paige Ouimet, and Elena Simintzi; Index 674