We consider an optimal contract between an entrepreneur and an investor, where the entrepreneur is subject to a double-moral hazard problem (one being the choice of production effort and the other being earnings manipulation). Since the entrepreneur cannot entirely capture the results of his...

This book focuses on microeconomic foundations of capital structure theory. It combines theoretical results with a large number of examples, exercises and applications. The book examines fundamental ideas in capital structure management, some of which are still not very well understood in the...

Section 1: Basic Capital Structure Ideas -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Modigliani-Miller Proposition and Trade-off Theory -- Chapter 3: Asymmetric Information and Capital Structure -- Chapter 4: Credit Rationing and Asset Substitution -- Chapter 5: Debt Overhang -- Chapter 6: Capital...