Features empirical findings across a spectrum of corporate finance issues. This book offers roadmaps into the empirical research landscape and provide suggestions for further work. It includes chapters summarizing research advances and other topics in the classical issues of capital structure choice, corporate investment behavior, and firm value.
"Espen Eckbo has assembled an excellent team of researchers to survey the most important areas of corporate finance. This handbook will serve as a very useful reference for both new and experienced corporate finance scholars." --David Scharfstein, Harvard University
"The last 20 years have witnessed an explosion of work in empirical corporate finance. This handbook represents a monumental effort in systematizing and analyzing the most important areas of this work. The quality and depth of the analysis make it a must for researchers and practitioners in corporate finance." --Professor Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, EDHEC Business School
"The last 20 years have witnessed an explosion of work in empirical corporate finance. This handbook represents a monumental effort in systematizing and analyzing the most important areas of this work. The quality and depth of the analysis make it a must for researchers and practitioners in corporate finance." --Professor Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, EDHEC Business School







