Modigliani and Miller present an equity-quantity shifting equilibrating process to achieve an optimal firm value in the presence of corporate taxes. However, in the era in which they derived their various propositions regarding the relation between a firm’s value and its capital structure,...

In this paper we develop a model of the banking firm that enables us to test for portfolio separation. Our theoretical model generalizes existing intertemporal adjustment-cost models by assuming that these costs coexist simultaneously on both sides of the bank's balance sheet. The optimal...

Modigliani and Miller (1963) present an equity-quantity shifting equilibrating process to achieve an optimal firm value. However, in the era in which they derived their various propositions regarding the relation between a firm's value and its capital structure, well-capitalized takeover...

Modigliani and Miller present an equity-quantity shifting equilibrating process to achieve an optimal firm value in the presence of corporate taxes. However, in the era in which they derived their various propositions regarding the relation between a firm's value and its capital structure,...

This paper presents and estimates a multifactor model of bank stock returns that incorporates market return, interest rate and exchange rate risk factors. A model of the optimizing behavior of an international banking tirm is used to derive the sensitivity coefficients of the alternative...

Invoking the same assumptions as Modigliani and Miller (1963), we demonstrate that their debt-only corner solution is not a unique equilibrium and furthermore that an alternative equilibrium exists in which capital structure is irrelevant for determining shareholder value. Our equilibrium...