Within the context of a mean-variance equilibrium model of the pricing of capital assets, this paper investigates the allocation of investment in new risky opportunities which results from the collective behavior of firms, each of which attempts to maximize the net increase in its market value....

Risk arbitrage involves the purchase of a target firm's shares on the announcement of a merger or tender offer. These transactions provide a risky profit opportunity when the price of the target is below the risk-adjusted expected value of the final takeover price. This article explores the role...

The seemingly never ending scandals in the world of finance with their damaging effects on value and human welfare (that continue unabated in spite of all the various efforts to curtail the behavior that results in those scandals) argues strongly for an addition to the current paradigm of...