This dissertation examines issues in banking and the financing of corporate investment. The first chapter investigates the impact of changes in a bank's health on the investment behavior of its current borrowers for a panel of U.S. firms. I find that, after controlling for aggregate credit...

This paper considers the optimal design of capital budgeting rules when the firm's capital budgeting process involves the interaction of top executives, with private information and stakeholders (e.g., employees) whose motivation and efforts affect the likelihood of the firm's success. In this...