Survey Research in Corporate Finance Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice

by Baker, H. Kent; Singleton, J. Clay; Veit, E. Theodore

• ISBN13: 9780195340372
• ISBN10: 019534037X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

As there is no current book that deals extensively or exclusively with survey research in corporate finance Survey Research in Corporate Finance is the only one of its kind. For even while there are numerous books on survey methodology, none focus on this methodology as specifically applied to corporate finance. In the book, Baker, Singleton, and Velt do nothing less than provide an overview of survey methodology useful to financial researchers, synthesize the major streams or clusters of survey research in corporate finance, and offer a valuable resource and guide for those interested in conducting survey research in finance. Thus this volume will be an essential reference for practitioners, academics, and graduate students-who all must know the methodology of finance survey research. In addition to methodology, the book identifies areas that will be best served by survey-based research. Researchers will have a wealth of information regarding past surveys and will be aware of suitable candidates for future surveys. Several chapters are devoted to synthesizing survey results on major issues in finance. These will help decision makers in finance and in non-finance firms to acquire knowledge learned from years of communications between academics and practitioners.

Author Biography

H. Kent Baker is University Professor of Finance and Kogod Research Professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University. He has been conducting survey research for almost 40 and is well known for his prolific work using survey methodology in finance. He writes regularly on dividend policy, corporate governance, exchange listing, investor behavior, and credit rating agencies.

J. Clay Singleton is George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Professor of Finance at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. He has served as a vice president of Ibbotson Associates, Senior Vice President for Curriculum and Examinations at the CFA Institute, and Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of North Texas.

E. Theodore Veit is Professor of Finance at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. He has served on the faculties of West Virginia University and the University of Central Florida, and has held visiting positions at the University of Porto, Portugal, and the Czechoslovak Management Center.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Survey Research in Corporate Finance: An Overview	p. 3
Conducting Survey Research	p. 25
Capital Budgeting	p. 64
Cost of Capital	p. 139
Capital Structure and Financing Decisions	p. 195
Dividends and Dividend Policy	p. 236
Share Repurchases, Special Dividends, Stock Splits, and Stock Dividends	p. 315
Risk Management and Derivatives	p. 370
State of the Art: Do Theory and Practice Actually Meet?	p. 407
Author Index	p. 425
Content Index	p. 441
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