In the 11 articles in this first of two parts, top scholars summarize and analyze recent scholarship in corporate finance. Covering subjects from corporate taxes to behavioral corporate finance and econometric issues, their articles reveal how specializations resonate with each other and indicate likely directions for future research. By including both established and emerging topics, Volume 2 will have the same long shelf life and high citations that characterize Volume 1 (2003).
1. Financial Intermediation, the Credit Markets, and Alternative Financial Systems 2. Financial Innovation and Securitization 3. Dynamic Security Design and Corporate Financing 4. Corporate Taxes 5. Executive Compensation and Firm Performance 6. Behavioral Corporate Finance 7. Law and Finance after a Decade of Research 8. Venture Capital and Private Equity 9. Endogeneity and other Econometric Issues in Empirical Corporate Finance 10. Entrepreneurship and Family Firms 11. Financing in Developing Countries