Handbook of Corporate Finance

Edited by David J. Denis, Roger Ahlbrandt Sr. Chair in Finance, University of Pittsburgh, US

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 Bonaimé 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 Frésard and Gordon M. Phillips
17 Labor and corporate finance 647
Naman Nishesh, Paige Ouimet, and Elena Simintzi

Index 674