"The book is aimed at the relative newcomer to the subject in that it does not make many assumptions about the prior knowledge of the reader and does not develop the theoretical aspects beyond the level needed to provide the reader with the necessary understanding to apply the concepts in...

We examine the impact of market volatility and increased fiscal take on risk in strategic natural resource projects. An increase in 2006 UK oilfield taxation is used as a natural experiment for assessing the impact of a fiscal increase on oilfield projects comprising 73% of UK reserves....

We investigate evidence the existence of optimal capital structure and carry out an examination across countries and industries to detect systematic capital structure differences. In particular, we examine whether firms aim for an optimal capital structure through changing their debt ratios over...