Dodging Bullets : Changing U.S. Corporate Capital Structure in the 1980s and 1990s

Dodging Bullets -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The End of the 1980s -- Why the 1980s Stopped: Leveraging as a Mania -- Why the 1980s Stopped: Did Judges, Lawmakers, and Regulators Kill the Leveraging Business? -- RJR-Nabisco: A Case Study -- The 1990s -- The Legacy of Debt and Corporate Refinancing in the 1990s -- Relieving the Burden of Interest on Cash Flow -- The Equity Infusion Reverse LBOs -- Cheap Equity Capital for Young Firms -- Mergers and Acquisitions in the 1990s -- Lessons -- Policy and Asset Inflation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.