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Working Papers

2021

1. CLO Performance
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

2. Interest Rates and the Design of Financial Contracts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2016

3. The History of the Cross Section of Stock Returns
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2014

4. A Century of Capital Structure: The Leveraging of Corporate America
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
   See also Chapter A Century of Capital Structure: The Leveraging of Corporate America, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (1) (2013)
5. How Does Government Borrowing Affect Corporate Financing and Investment?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
6. The Role of Dynamic Renegotiation and Asymmetric Information in Financial Contracting
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2004

7. Are Bond Covenants Priced?
   Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society
8. Do Firms Rebalance Their Capital Structures?
   Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (20)
   See also Journal Article Do Firms Rebalance Their Capital Structures?, Journal of Finance, American Finance Association (2005) View citations (467) (2005)
9. On the Importance of Measuring Payout Yield: Implications for Empirical Asset Pricing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
   See also Journal Article On the Importance of Measuring Payout Yield: Implications for Empirical Asset Pricing, Journal of Finance, American Finance Association (2007) View citations (212) (2007)

Journal Articles

2014

1. Do Peer Firms Affect Corporate Financial Policy?
   Journal of Finance, 2014, 69, (1), 139-178 View citations (312)

2013

2. Report of the Editor of The Journal of Finance for the Year 2012
   Journal of Finance, 2013, 68, (4), 1691-1705

2012

3. Corporate Dividend Policies: Lessons from Private Firms
   The Review of Financial Studies, 2012, 25, (3), 711-746 View citations (155)

2011

4. We Move into Distinguished Company
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2011, 6, (2), 133-138

2010

5. Editorial
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2010, 5, (4), 355-361
6. Editorial
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2010, 5, (2), 121-125
7. Editorial
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2010, 5, (1), 1-7
8. Editorial
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2010, 5, (3), 257-262
9. The Response of Corporate Financing and Investment to Changes in the Supply of Credit
   Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2010, 45, (3), 555-587 View citations (245)
10. The pecking order, debt capacity, and information asymmetry
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2010, 95, (3), 332-355 View citations (163)

2009

11. Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation
    Journal of Finance, 2009, 64, (4), 1657-1695 View citations (196)
12. Editorial
    Spatial Economic Analysis, 2009, 4, (3), 243-248
13. Evidence on the Trade‐Off between Risk and Return for IPO and SEO Firms
    Financial Management, 2009, 38, (2), 221-252 View citations (4)
14. Financial Contracting: A Survey of Empirical Research and Future Directions
    Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2009, 1, (1), 207-226 View citations (47)
15. Renegotiation of financial contracts: Evidence from private credit agreements
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2009, 93, (2), 159-184 View citations (225)

2008

16. Back to the Beginning: Persistence and the Cross‐Section of Corporate Capital Structure
    Journal of Finance, 2008, 63, (4), 1575-1608 View citations (643)
17. Editorial
    Spatial Economic Analysis, 2008, 3, (3), 269-273
18. How Does Financing Impact Investment? The Role of Debt Covenants
    Journal of Finance, 2008, 63, (5), 2085-2121 View citations (692)

2007

19. On the Importance of Measuring Payout Yield: Implications for Empirical Asset Pricing
    Journal of Finance, 2007, 62, (2), 877-915 View citations (212)
    See also Working Paper On the Importance of Measuring Payout Yield: Implications for Empirical Asset Pricing, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (15) (2004)

2006

20. Editorial
    Spatial Economic Analysis, 2006, 1, (2), 147-153
21. Modeling Strategies for Containing an Invading Infection
    Mathematical Population Studies, 2006, 13, (4), 205-214
22. Risk and farm operator labour supply
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (5), 573-586 View citations (9)

2005

23. An empirical examination of restructured electricity prices
    Energy Economics, 2005, 27, (5), 791-817 View citations (254)
24. Do Firms Rebalance Their Capital Structures?
    Journal of Finance, 2005, 60, (6), 2575-2619 View citations (467)
    See also Working Paper Do Firms Rebalance Their Capital Structures?, Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings (2004) View citations (20) (2004)

2003

25. Do Price Discreteness and Transactions Costs Affect Stock Returns? Comparing Ex‐Dividend Pricing before and after Decimalization
    Journal of Finance, 2003, 58, (6), 2611-2636 View citations (62)

Chapters

2013

1. A Century of Capital Structure: The Leveraging of Corporate America
   A chapter in New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure, 2013 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper A Century of Capital Structure: The Leveraging of Corporate America, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (22) (2014)

1998

2. Consumption and Savings Balances of the Elderly: Experimental Evidence on Survey Response Bias
   A chapter in Frontiers in the Economics of Aging, 1998, pp 353-392 View citations (44)