Introduction -- The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) & CAPM 2.0 -- The Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) -- Capital Structure -- Modigliani–Miller Theory -- The Modigliani–Miller theory with arbitrary frequency of payment of tax on profit -- Modification of the Modigliani–Miller theory for...

Introduction -- Capital Structure Theory: Past, Present, Future -- Main Theories of Capital Structure -- Modern theory of capital cost and capital structure - Brusov-Filatova-Orekhova theory (BFO theory) -- Bankruptcy of the famous trade off theory -- New mechanism of formation of the company...

This book comprises 19 papers published in the Special Issue entitled "Corporate Finance", focused on capital structure (Kedzior et al., 2020; Ntoung et al., 2020; Vintilă etal., 2019), dividend policy (Dragotă and Delcea, 2019; Pinto and Rastogi, 2019) and open-market share repurchase announcements (Ding...

We explore the role of national culture of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in firms' financing decision, enacted via the tripartite interaction between values, attitudes and behavior. Values are the cultural core that determines attitudes, ultimately steering the behavior of CEOs. Our research...

We analyze dynamic stationary models of capital structure, in partial and general equilibrium, when managers cannot commit to firm-value maximization. The model permits us to quantify both the private cost to firms of the commitment problem, and also the aggregate cost of its externality. Our...