While Arzac and Glosten (2005) affirm that "the value of tax shields depends upon the nature of the equity stochastic process, which, in turn, depends upon the free cash flow process," I prove that the value of tax shields depends only upon the nature of the stochastic process of the net...

Spain has traditionally been known as a country of emigrants. However, in the last decade, Spain has experienced an unprecedented boom of immigration from three localized areas: Latin America, Africa and East Europe. In this paper, we study the behaviour of recent immigrants in the Spanish...

We use a CCA model to calculate implied idiosyncratic risks of LBO transactions. A decisive model feature is the consideration of amortization. From the model, the asset value volatility and the equity value volatility can be derived via a numerical procedure. For a sample of 40 LBO transactions...

This paper is a review of the recommendations about the equity premium found in the main finance and valuation textbooks. We review several editions of books written by authors such as Brealey and Myers; Copeland, Koller and Murrin (McKinsey); Ross, Westerfield and Jaffe; Bodie, Kane and Marcus;...

We develop valuation formulae for a company that maintains a fixed book-value leverage ratio and claim that it is more realistic than to assume, as Miles-Ezzell (1980) do, a fixed market-value leverage ratio. The value of tax shields depends only on the present value of the net increases of...

La rentabilidad media de los fondos de inversión en renta variable nacional durante los tres, cinco, diez y quince últimos años fue inferior a la del ITBM (Indice Total de la Bolsa de Madrid) en más de un 6%. De los 43 fondos con diez años de historia, sólo uno (Bestinver Bolsa, que hizo...

In a recent paper, Cooper and Nyborg (2004) argue that the results of Fernández (2004) are wrong because value-additivity is violated and because "Fernández paper comes from mixing the Miles-Ezzell leverage policy with the Miller-Modigliani leverage adjustment." Cooper and Nyborg's paper is...

En este documento se cuantifica la creación de valor para los accionistas del Santander (SAN), del BBVA, del Banco Popular (POP) y de Bankinter (BKT) entre diciembre de 1991 y diciembre de 2006. En ese periodo, el aumento de la capitalización (en millardos de euros) fue: SAN 85,7; BBVA 61; POP...

The value of tax shields depends on the nature of the stochastic process of the net increase of debt; it does not depend on the nature of the stochastic process of the free cash flow. The value of tax shields in a world with no leverage cost is the tax rate times the debt, plus the tax rate...

Entre diciembre de 1991 y diciembre de 2007, el aumento de la capitalización de BBVA fue de 59,1 millardos de euros, y la creación de valor para los accionistas fue de 18,7 millardos de euros. La rentabilidad anual media de BBVA fue del 18,3%, sensiblemente superior a la del IBEX 35 (15,1%):...