This paper analyzes how agency problems in nancial contracting determine risk-taking andinvestment. In perfect capital markets a risk-neutral rm would invest until the expectedmarginal return equals the interest rate. However, as rms with little net-worth face agencycost in nancial contracting...

This paper examines the characteristics of firms that voluntarily provide interim financial reports. Based on a sample of Swiss companies, where semi-annual reports became mandatory in 1997, I document that before interim reports became mandatory, analyst coverage, i.e. analysts demand for...

We present a multi-period mean-variance optimization program which allows for a joint optimization of the balance and off-balance sheet. Our first finding is the proof of a conjecture of Li and Ng (cf. [LN00]), Leippold, Trojani and Vanini (cf. [LTV04], [LTV03]) about the equivalence of the...

This paper describes a simple way to integrate the debt tax shield into an accounting-based valuation model. The market value of equity is determined by forecasting residual operating income, which is calculated by charging operating income for the operating assets at a required return that...

Eine große Herausforderung der multivariablen Analyse mit bilanziellen Kennzahlen besteht in der Identifikation derjenigen Kennzahlen, die zur besten Modellperformance führen und dabei möglichst leicht interpretierbar und intuitiv bleiben. Die Menge der in Frage kommenden Kennzahlen ist in...

Nach Ergebnissen der Unternehmensbefragung 2009 der KfW Bankengruppe1 haben sich vor dem Hintergrundder aktuellen Finanzmarktturbulenzen die Bedingungen für die Kreditaufnahme gegenüber den Vorjahrenverschlechtert. Beispielsweise ist die Zahl der Unternehmen deutlich gestiegen, die über...

Nowadays, every textbook on corporate finance uses the WACC approach for valuatingtax savings on interest rates. This approach, going back to Miles and Ezzell (1980), stilllacks the restriction of a constant leverage ratio. In this paper it is shown how the WACC formula has to be modified for an...

Das Arbeitspapier behandelt die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten zur Optionspreisbestimmung. Es beginnt mit einer Abhandlung der theoretischen Grundlagen und stellt danach unterschiedliche Modelle dar, bspw. Black-Scholes-Modell; Cox-Ross-Rubinstein-Modell usw.