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...

Building on a model of the interaction of risk-averse firms that compete in forward and spot markets, we develop an empirical strategy to test whether oligopolistic firms use forward contracts for strategic motives, for risk-hedging, or for both. An increase in the number of players weakens the...

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...

I review 150 textbooks on corporate finance and valuation published between 1979 and 2009 by authors such as Brealey, Myers, Copeland, Damodaran, Merton, Ross, Bruner, Bodie, Penman, Arzac¿ and find that their recommendations regarding the equity premium range from 3% to 10%, and that 51 books...

During 2008, only 2 of the companies included in the Dow Jones (Wall Mart and McDonalds) created value, while in 2007 16 of these companies did it. The market value of the 300 companies was $2.9 trillion in 2008 and $4.4 trillion in 2007. The top shareholder value creators in 2004 were Exxon,...

Este documento contiene más de treinta errores y disparates sobre valoración de empresas: la mayoría están más relacionados con la ausencia de sensatez que con la técnica. En julio de 2008, un Magistrado estableció que el valor razonable de las acciones de una admirada y rentable empresa...

Este documento contiene un ranking de las gestoras realizado comparando la evolución de sus fondos desde 1994 hasta 2009. Una gestora ha sido mejor que otra cuando sus fondos han obtenido menor diferencia con los mejores de su categoría (en media y corrigiendo la diferencia con la dispersión...

En 2009, la rentabilidad del IBEX 35 fue del 38,3% y hubo 89 empresas (entre 125) con rentabilidad positiva. Considerando conjuntamente los años 2009 y 2008, sólo diez empresas tuvieron rentabilidad positiva. Las 125 empresas crearon valor para sus accionistas por importe de 100 millardos de...

We compute the correlations of the annual stock returns (1989-2008) of the Dow Jones companies with a) Rm; and with b) Rm; and find that the second correlation (assuming beta = 1 for all companies) is higher than the first one, on average, and for all companies except Caterpillar and General...