Die analytisch korrekte Bestimmung von DCF-Unternehmens- und Projektwerten ist nicht trivial...

A common method of valuing the equity in leveraged transactions is the flows-to-equity method whereby the free cash flow available to equity holders is discounted at the cost of equity. This method uses a standard definition of equity free cash flow, but the cost of equity varies over time as...

This paper proposes a new wealth-dependent utility function for the inter-temporal consumption and portfolio problem, in which the subsistance (bliss) con-sumption level is a function of wealth. Ratchet effects obtain when higher wealth in-creases the subsistance consumption level; blas´...

This paper examines the unification of non-voting preference shares into a one share one vote structure using a sample of all German dual-class companies from 1987 until 2003. We test several hypotheses with regard to the reasons for the abolition of preference shares.First, as the separation of...

Fremdkapital trägt häufig auch als Gläubigerkapital unternehmerische Risiken mit. Dies wirft im Zusammenhang mit der WACC-Handhabung verschiedene Fragen auf...

Finanzielle Mittelanlagen sollten stets eine risikogerechte Rendite erbringen. Dies gilt für Aktien ("risidual claims") in gleicher Weise wie für zinstragende 'Aktiven ("debt contracts"). Risiko-Rendite-Betrachtungen müssen dabei in verschiedener Hinsicht differenziert erfolgen...

Previous research has shown that frictions might have a significant impact on the value of a contingent claim, as discussed, for example, in Karatzas & Kou (1996)and Collin-Dufresne & Hugonnier (2002). We consider two types of frictions particularly important: frictions related to trading, such...

Recent studies have found unmeasured intangible capital to be large and important. In this paper we observe that by nature intangible capital is also very different from physical capital. We find it plausible to argue that the accumulation process for intangible capital differs significantly...

Which strategies will survive in the long run and which will diminish? These are important questions in evolutionary finance. Up to now we only know answers in the case of stationary dividends. But the evolutionary perspective to the financial market is considering very long time horizons. In...