Minsky proposed classifying firms in three categories: 1) hedge finance units which borrow no more than they are able to service in interest and principal out of operating cash flows, 2) speculative finance units which are over-leveraged to the point where they can service interest on their debt...

We analyze whether the diversification discount is driven by the book value bias of corporate debt. Book values of debt may be a more downward biased proxy of the market value of debt for diversified firms, relative to undiversified firms, as diversification leads to lower firm risk. Thus,...

This paper examines the motives of debt issuance in hot-debt market periods and its impact on capital structure over the period 1970–2006. We find that perceived capital market conditions as favorable, an indication of market timing, and adverse selection costs of equity (i.e., information...

This paper examines to what extent stock market anomalies are driven by firm fundamentals in an investment-based asset pricing framework. Using Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), we estimate a two-capital q-model to match firm-level stock returns, instead of matching portfolio-level...

English Abstract: This practical paper recognizes the need for non-traded companies, most of them SMEs, (Small and Medium-size Enterprises), to have appropriate tools to address the definition and estimation of the cost of capital. This concept is critical to determine the feasibility of an...

Spanish Abstract: En este trabajo se plantea la necesidad de las empresas no transadas en bolsa, la mayoría de ellas, PYMEs, (Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas) de contar con herramientas apropiadas para abordar la definición y estimación del costo promedio ponderado de capital. Este concepto es...

An investment factor, long in low investment stocks and short in high investment stocks, helps explain the new issues puzzle. Adding this factor into standard factor regressions reduces substantially the magnitude of the underperformance following equity and debt offerings and the composite...

This article explores the behavior of the stock market in Colombia with the information given by the Bolsa de Bogota Index (Indice de la Bolsa de Bogota, IBB). The index is analyzed from January, 1930 to December, 1998. The inflation rate covers the same period; the inflation rate is measured by...

Expectations about long-term earnings growth are crucial to valuation models and cost of capital estimates. We analyze historical long-term growth rates across a broad cross-section of stocks using several indicators of operating performance. We test for persistence and predictability in growth....

We review theory and evidence relating to herd behavior, payoff and reputational interactions, social learning, and informational cascades in capital markets. We offer a simple taxonomy of effects, and evaluate how alternative theories may help explain evidence on the behavior of investors,...