The book proposes an original contribution to the economics and finance literature by developing the foundations of corporate finance. It also covers in detail various corporate governance issues faced by organizations. The common treatment of corporate finance and corporate governance started...

The article is about financial risk in micro, small and medium companies. The author presents empirical research connected with the degree of financial leverage and positive and negative effects of financial leverage in micro, small and medium companies and proofs that financial risk in micro...

The paper provides the IMF staff views on policy options to mitigate the risks posed by institutions perceived as too-important-to-fail (“TITF"). These institutions have become bigger and more complex since the crisis, and risky practices have started to reappear. The paper emphasizes the need...

In early 2005 a new bankruptcy law was approved by the Brazilian Congress, taking effect a few months later. The new legislation improved creditor protection and the bankruptcy system's efficiency. This paper tries to shed some light on the empirical consequences of a bankruptcy reform on a...

This article extends the continuous time framework of the firm developed by Black, Scholes, and Merton to analyze effects of private benefits. We highlight first how straight private benefits can lower stakeholders' wealth. We nevertheless point out that private benefits do not necessarily mean...

This paper studies the economic impact of the current global economic downturn on the household sector. Household budgets can be negatively affected by declines in nominal wages and increases in unemployment. We empirically test this effect for the small open emerging economy. As a result of a...

Modern institutes of the market form new factors of the global economy. Stock exchanges, other institutes of the investment market, financial Internet communications create the integrated pace of world economic system. The companies test direct influence from global information-financial space....

In article the problem of systemic market efficiency of the enterprise is considered. It is offered to estimate systemic effect of the enterprise concerning market rate of efficiency. The systemic effect is treated as the specified size of the residual income. In the article The concept of the...

The problem of Business Systemic Efficiency becomes actual in the conditions of financial crisis. In article the concept and ways of calculation of Business Systemic Efficiency is considered. The approach to enterprise classification by Business Systemic Efficiency Criterion is shown. Definition...

In this paper, we compare different methods for computing default probabilities using a sample of banks that experienced financial distress during the 2007–2009 global financial crisis. The traditional KMV-Merton model for firm valuation, credit ratings by rating agencies and a recently...