Journal of Applied Corporate Finance

1989 - 2025

Current editor(s): Donald H. Chew Jr.

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Volume 31, issue 4, 2019

A Message from the Editor pp. 2-3

Don Chew

Hamilton and the U.S. Financial Revolution pp. 10-15

Richard Sylla and David J. Cowen

A Limited Central Bank pp. 16-20

Charles Plosser

How to Promote Fed Independence: Perspectives from Political Economy and History pp. 21-42

Charles W. Calomiris

The Great Crash of 1929: A Look Back After 90 Years pp. 43-58

Robert F. Bruner and Scott C. Miller

The Strange and Futile World of Trade Wars pp. 59-67

Steve H. Hanke and Edward Li

Monetary Policy Implementation: Making Better and More Consistent Use of the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet pp. 68-76

Peter Ireland

The Fed's Communications: Suggestions for Improvement pp. 77-85

Mickey D. Levy

FinTech, BigTech, and the Future of Banks pp. 86-97

René Stulz

Will Blockchain Be a Big Deal? Reasons for Caution pp. 98-104

Craig Pirrong

Two Modes of Investment Banking: Technocrats, Relationship Managers, and Conflict pp. 105-117

Alan D. Morrison and William J. Wilhelm

Dividend Consistency: Rewards, Learning, and Expectations pp. 118-128

David Michayluk, Scott Walker and Karyn Neuhauser

The Reference‐Driven College Paper (Or Why Your Students Should Read the JACF) pp. 129-136

Joseph W. Trefzger

Volume 31, issue 3, 2019

A Message from the Editor pp. 2-3

Don Chew

Session I: Corporate Purpose and Governance pp. 10-25

Ira Millstein, Jeff Gordon, Ron Gilson, Colin Mayer, Kristin Bresnahan and Marty Lipton

Session Ii: Capitalism and Social Insurance pp. 26-31

Merritt Fox and Jeff Gordon

Session III: Securities Law in Twenty‐First Century America: A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson pp. 32-43

Robert J. Jackson and John C. Coffee

Session IV: The Law, Corporate Governance, and Economic Justice pp. 44-63

Leo Strine, Eric Talley, Mark Roe, Jill Fisch and Bruce Kogut

Session V: Macro Perspectives: Bigger Problems than Corporate Governance pp. 64-73

Bruce Greenwald, Joshua Mitts and Edmund Phelps

Is Managerial Myopia a Persistent Governance Problem? pp. 74-80

David J. Denis

The Case for Maximizing Long‐Run Shareholder Value pp. 81-89

Diane Denis

A Tribute to Joel Stern pp. 90-94

Bennett Stewart

A Look Back at the Beginnings of EVA and Value‐Based Management pp. 95-102

Joel M. Stern and Joseph T. Willett

EVA, not EBITDA: A New Financial Paradigm for Private Equity Firms pp. 103-115

Bennett Stewart

Beyond EVA pp. 116-125

Greg Milano

Are Performance Shares Shareholder Friendly? pp. 126-130

Marc Hodak

Why EVA Bonus Plans Failed—and How to Revive Them pp. 131-138

Stephen O'Byrne

Volume 31, issue 2, 2019

A Message from the Editor pp. 2-3

Don Chew

A Fireside Chat with Raj Gupta: What It Takes to Create Long‐Term Value pp. 8-14

Raj Gupta

Aptiv Becoming a More Sustainable Business pp. 15-21

Kevin P. Clark

The Economic Significance of Long‐Term Plans pp. 22-33

Sakis Kotsantonis, Christina Rehnberg, George Serafeim, Bronagh Ward and Brian Tomlinson

Private Equity 4.0: Using ESG to Create More Value with Less Risk pp. 34-41

Reynir Indahl and Hannah Gunvor Jacobsen

ESG as a Value‐Creation Tool for Active Investors: A Profile of Inherent Group pp. 42-49

Tony Davis and Beau Lescott

Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data pp. 50-58

Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim

Social Capital, Trust, and Corporate Performance: How CSR Helped Companies During the Financial Crisis (and Why It Can Keep Helping Them) pp. 59-71

Karl Lins, Henri Servaes and Ane Tamayo

Innovation in Stock Exchanges: Driving ESG Disclosure and Performance pp. 72-79

Tania Bizoumi, Socrates Lazaridis and Natassa Stamou

How Board Oversight Can Drive Climate and Sustainability Performance pp. 80-85

Veena Ramani and Bronagh Ward

Sustainability and Capital Markets—Are We There Yet? pp. 86-91

Chris Pinney, Sophie Lawrence and Stephanie Lau

An Investor Perspective on the Black Box of Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 92-104

Chitru S. Fernando, Vahap B. Uysal and Amal P. Abeysekera

ESG, Material Credit Events, and Credit Risk pp. 105-117

Witold Henisz and James McGlinch

Climate Change Scenario Analysis for Public Market Investors pp. 118-123

Casey Clark

Volume 31, issue 1, 2019

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR pp. 2-3

Don Chew

The Rise of Agency Capitalism and the Role of Shareholder Activists in Making It Work pp. 8-22

Ronald J. Gilson and Jeffrey N. Gordon

The Effect of Shareholder Approval of Equity Issuances Around the World pp. 23-41

Clifford G. Holderness

Does Mandatory Shareholder Voting Prevent Bad Acquisitions? The Case of the United Kingdom pp. 42-61

Marco Becht, Andrea Polo and Stefano Rossi

The Early Returns to International Hedge Fund Activism: 2000–2010 pp. 62-80

Marco Becht, Julian Franks, Jeremy Grant and Hannes Wagner

How Has Takeover Competition Changed Over Time? pp. 81-94

Tingting Liu and J. Harold Mulherin

Do Large Blockholders Reduce Risk? pp. 95-112

David Newton and Imants Paeglis

Estimating the Equity Risk Premium and Expected Equity Rates of Return: The Case of Canada pp. 113-125

Laurence Booth

Save the Buyback, Save Jobs pp. 126-128

Greg Milano and Michael Chew