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Conference Paper
Alternative methods of corporate control in commercial banks
Journal Article
Recent developments in the market for privately placed debt
Journal Article
Is Texas' real estate boom a house of cards?
Journal Article
Corporate finance in international perspective: legal and regulatory influences on financial system development
In the postwar period, systems of corporate finance and governance have emerged in the United States, Japan, and Germany that are dramatically different from one another. To date, there has been little focus on why. Stephen Prowse argues that differences in three aspects of the legal and regulatory environments in these countries are responsible. First, the severity of legal and regulatory restraints on financial institutions being "active" investors in firms. Second, the degree to which corporate securities markets are suppressed by regulation. Finally, the degree to which securities ...
Discussion Paper
The economics of the private placement market
The private placement market is an important source of long-term funds for U.S. corporations. Nonetheless, it has received relatively little attention in the financial press or the academic literature, partly because of the nature of the instrument itself. In particular, a private placement is a debt or equity security sold in the United States that is exempt from registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission by virtue of being issued in transactions "not involving any public offering." Thus, information about private transactions is often limited, and following and analyzing ...
Journal Article
A look at America's corporate finance markets
Journal Article
Stock market fundamentals