Textbook theory assumes that firm managers maximize the net present value of future cash flows. But when you ask them …, real-world firm managers consistently say that they are maximizing something else entirely: earnings per share (EPS …). Perhaps this is a mistake. No matter. We take firm managers at their word and show that EPS maximization provides a single …

Textbook theory assumes that firm managers maximize the net present value of future cash flows. But when you ask them …). Perhaps this is a mistake. No matter. We take managers at their word and show that EPS maximization provides a single unified …

We examine firms' simultaneous choice of investment, debt financing and liquidity in a large sample of US corporates … affect the corporate decisions of unconstrained firms more strongly than those of constrained firms. Investment-cash flow … sensitivities are particularly intense for unconstrained firms with high hedging needs. Investment opportunities (as proxied by Q …

We contribute to the empirical literature on the relationship between corporate taxes and investment. We exploit the … capital spending of Belgian corporations, we focus on the indirect effect of taxes on investment via their impact on free cash …-flow. We use the systematic variation of the cash-flow sensitivity of investment between small and medium versus large firms to …

We develop a theory of optimal financing for R&D-intensive firms. With only market financing, the firm relies …

A detailed treatment of aggregation and capital heterogeneity substantially improves the performance of the investment … capital. The model fits well the value, momentum, investment, and profitability premiums simultaneously and partially explains … profitability premiums, as well as the countercyclical and long-term dynamics of the value and investment premiums. However, the …