We formulate a robust theory of liquidity and risk management based on two fundamental frictions: 1) the entrepreneur cannot alienate his human capital, and 2) the entrepreneur worries about model uncertainty and seek robust decisions. In line with max-min expected utility, a robust entrepreneur...

We develop an integrated theory of investment, seasoned equity offerings (SEOs), liquidation, and corporate savings under uncertainty for a financially constrained firm, which features endogenous growth options, abandonment options, and payout policies. Facing costly external financing, the firm...

This paper extends real options theory to consider the situation where the mean appreciation rate of the value of an irreversible investment project is not observable and governed by an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. Our main purpose is to analyze the impact of the uncertainty of the mean...