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Risk Management Failures: What Are They And When Do They Happen?

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René Stulz | Number 4, Fall 2008, Volume 20 4 years ago

The difficulties of the past year have convinced many observers that current risk management practices are deeply flawed, and that such flaws have contributed greatly to the current financial crisis. In this paper, the author challenges this view by showing the need to distinguish between flawed assessments by risk managers …


A Practitioners’ Guide to Leverage through Downturns

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by Joshua Ruben | 2 years ago Number 1, Winter 2021, Volume 33

There is extensive research addressing questions of optimal capital structure. Studies typically focus on estimating the appropriate level of debt …

Should Shareholders Have a Say on Acquisitions?

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by Marco Becht, Andrea | 2 years ago Number 1, Winter 2021, Volume 33

Shareholders of U.S. corporations have lost billions of dollars in acquisitions they never approved. In the United Kingdom, the listing …


IPC Oxford Private Equity Research Symposium

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Session I: The Future | 1 year ago Number 3, Summer 2021, Volume 33

Session I: The Future of Private Equity One of the world’s foremost authorities on global private equity offers four predictions: …

Inequality and Progress

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Steven Pinker, Harvard University | 1 year ago Number 3, Summer 2021, Volume 33

The author begins by noting that, however much economic inequality has become an obsession in developed countries in the 21st …

Capital Structure and Leverage in Private Equity...

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Greg Brown, University of | 1 year ago Number 3, Summer 2021, Volume 33

Private equity capital structures have evolved over time as financial markets and PE firms have created new ways to attract …

MILLSTEIN CENTER-ECGI CONFERENCE

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Session I: Jeffrey Gordon | 1 year ago Number 3, Summer 2021, Volume 33

Board 3.0: Bringing the Private Equity Model to Public Companies In a recent conference organized by Columbia Law School’s Millstein …

Texas Private Equity Conference

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SESSION I: Fireside Chat | 1 year ago Number 3, Summer 2021, Volume 33

Session I: Fireside Chat with Rich Hall The President of The University of Texas at Austin discusses UTIMCO’s investment strategy …

Downsizing and Value Creation at General Dynamics:...

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Jay Dial, Ohio State | 1 year ago Number 3, Summer 2021, Volume 33

Finance theory says that companies in declining industries with excess capacity should transfer capital to other sectors of the economy …

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Misreading Michael Jensen: The Case...

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Don Chew, Journal | Number 3, Summer 2021, Volume 33 1 year ago

Enlightenment Environmentalism: A Humanistic Response...

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by Steven Pinker | Number 2, Spring 2021, Volume 33 2 years ago

The Economic (Not Literary) Offenses...

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by Don Chew, | Number 4, Fall 2020, Volume 32 2 years ago

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The Economic (Not Literary) Offenses...

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by Don Chew, | Number 4, Fall 2020, Volume 32 2 years ago

The Reference-Driven College Paper

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Joseph W. Trefzger, | Number 4, Fall 2019, Volume 31 3 years ago

Is Economic Growth Good For Investors?

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Jay R. Ritter | 4 years ago Number 3, Summer 2012, Volume 24

When measured over long periods of time, the correlation of countries’ inflation- adjusted per capita GDP growth and stock returns …

Capital Deployment Roundtable: A Discussion Of Corporate...

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Panelists: John Briscoe, Don | 4 years ago Number 4, Fall 2014, Volume 26

U.S. companies are now reportedly earning record-high operating returns on capital while at the same time continuing to set new …

Risk Management Failures: What Are They And...

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René Stulz | 4 years ago Number 4, Fall 2008, Volume 20

The difficulties of the past year have convinced many observers that current risk management practices are deeply flawed, and that …

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