Stewart C. Myers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Sloan School of Management

Cambridge, MA 02142

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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1.

Corporate Financing and Investment Decisions When Firms Have Informationthat Investors Do Not Have

NBER Working Paper No. w1396
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Jun 2001 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2021
Stewart C. Myers and Nicholas S. Majluf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
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R&D Accounting and the Tradeoff between Relevance and Objectivity

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Feb 1999
Paul M. Healy, Stewart C. Myers and Christopher D. Howe
Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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R-Squared Around the World: New Theory and New Tests

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R-Squared Around the World: New Theory and New Tests

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Apr 2004
Stewart C. Myers and Li Jin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Corporate control, international financial markets, firm-specific risks, information and market efficiency, crashes

R-Squared Around the World: New Theory and New Tests

NBER Working Paper No. w10453
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 May 2004 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2010
Stewart C. Myers and Li Jin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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R-Squared Around the World: New Theory and New Tests

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Posted: 16 Dec 2005
Stewart C. Myers and Li Jin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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corporate control, international financial markets, firm-specific risks, information and market efficiency, crashes

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The Internal Governance of Firms

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The Internal Governance of Firms

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 239/2009
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2018
Viral V. Acharya, Stewart C. Myers and Raghuram G. Rajan
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Agency theory, short-termism, corporate governance, dividends, internal organization

The Internal Governance of Firms

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-08-033
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 09 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2010
Viral V. Acharya, Stewart C. Myers and Raghuram G. Rajan
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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The Internal Governance of Firms

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Dec 2009
Viral V. Acharya, Stewart C. Myers and Raghuram G. Rajan
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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governance, internal

The Internal Governance of Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w15568
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2021
Viral V. Acharya, Stewart C. Myers and Raghuram G. Rajan
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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The Internal Governance of Firms

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7210
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Apr 2009
Viral V. Acharya, Stewart C. Myers and Raghuram G. Rajan
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Agency theory, Corporate governance, Dividends, Internal organization, Short-termism

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Capital Structure Puzzle

NBER Working Paper No. w1393
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2002
Stewart C. Myers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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A Theory of Takeovers and Disinvestment

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A Theory of Takeovers and Disinvestment

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Jan 2005
Bart M. Lambrecht and Stewart C. Myers
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Disinvestment, takeover, real option, managerial incentives

A Theory of Takeovers and Disinvestment

NBER Working Paper No. w11082
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2021
Stewart C. Myers and Bart M. Lambrecht
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
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Debt and Managerial Rents in a Real-Options Model of the Firm

EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Jun 2006
Stewart C. Myers and Bart M. Lambrecht
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
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investment policy, financing policy, debt, agency

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A Lintner Model of Payout and Managerial Rents

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A Lintner Model of Payout and Managerial Rents

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 16 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2012
Bart M. Lambrecht and Stewart C. Myers
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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payout, investment, financing policy, agency

A Litner Model of Payout and Managerial Rents

NBER Working Paper No. w16210
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 26 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2021
Bart M. Lambrecht and Stewart C. Myers
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Venture Capital: An Experiment in Computational Corporate Finance

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Jan 2005
Zsuzsanna Fluck, Kedran Rae Garrison and Stewart C. Myers
Michigan State University - Department of Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Economics, Finance, Accounting (EFA) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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A Theory of Risk Capital

Dice Center Working Paper No. 2009-10, Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2009-03-010
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 May 2009 Last Revised: 05 May 2014
Isil Erel, Stewart C. Myers and James Read
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The Brattle Group
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Capital, Capital requirements, Financial Institutions, Regulation

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The Dynamics of Investment, Payout and Debt

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The Dynamics of Investment, Payout and Debt

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2017
Bart M. Lambrecht and Stewart C. Myers
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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payout, investment, financing policy, agency

The Dynamics of Investment, Payout and Debt

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9926
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Jun 2014
Bart M. Lambrecht and Stewart C. Myers
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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agency, financing policy, investment, payout

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Testing Static Trade-Off Against Pecking Order Models of Capital Structure

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Testing Static Trade-Off Against Pecking Order Models of Capital Structure

NBER Working Paper No. w4722
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 29 May 2021
Lakshmi Shyam-Sunder and Stewart C. Myers
World Bank, International Finance Corp. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Real Options, Taxes and Financial Leverage

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Real Options, Taxes and Financial Leverage

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2012
Stewart C. Myers and James Read
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The Brattle Group
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real options, financing policy

Real Options, Taxes and Financial Leverage

NBER Working Paper No. w18148
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2021
Stewart C. Myers and James Read
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The Brattle Group
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Real Options, Taxes and Financial Leverage

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2018
Stewart C. Myers and James Read
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The Brattle Group
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real options, financing policy

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The Paradox of Liquidity

NBER Working Paper No. w5143
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2021
Stewart C. Myers and Raghuram G. Rajan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Signaling and Accounting Information

NBER Working Paper No. w3193
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2021
Stewart C. Myers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Outside Equity Financing

NBER Working Paper No. w6561
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 18 May 2001
Stewart C. Myers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Discounting Rules for Risky Assets

NBER Working Paper No. w2219
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2021
Stewart C. Myers and Richard S. Ruback
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School
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Venture Capital Contracting and Syndication: An Experiment in Computational Corporate Finance

NBER Working Paper No. w11624
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2021
Zsuzsanna Fluck, Kedran Rae Garrison and Stewart C. Myers
Michigan State University - Department of Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Economics, Finance, Accounting (EFA) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Stock Issues and Investment Policy When Firms Have Information that Investors Do Not Have

NBER Working Paper No. w0884
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2021
Stewart C. Myers and Nicholas J Majluf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Valuing the Government's Tax Claim on Risky Corporate Assets

NBER Working Paper No. w1553
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 26 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 18 May 2001
Saman Majd and Stewart C. Myers
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Financial Puzzles

Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2006
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 24 Aug 2006
Stewart C. Myers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Tax Asymmetries and Corporate Income Tax Reform

NBER Working Paper No. w1924
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2021
Saman Majd and Stewart C. Myers
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Changes in the Age Distribution of Income in the United States, 1968-1984

NBER Working Paper No. w1766
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 01 May 2021
Stewart C. Myers, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Michael M. Knetter
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston University - Department of Economics and Wisconsin School of Business
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Brealey, Myers, and Allen on Real Options

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 58-71, Fall 2008
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers and Franklin Allen
London Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Imperial College London
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Brealey, Myers, and Allen on Capital Budgeting, Capital Structure, and Agency Issues

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 49-57, Fall 2008
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers and Franklin Allen
London Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Imperial College London
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Agency Dynamics in Corporate Finance

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 8, pp. 53-80, 2016
Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Bart M. Lambrecht and Stewart C. Myers
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Finance, Theoretical and Applied

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 1-34, 2015
Posted: 11 Dec 2015
Stewart C. Myers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Corporate Financing and Investment Decisions When Firms Have Information that Investors Do Not Have

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Stewart C. Myers and Nicholas S. Majluf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

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Debt financing, Stock offerings, Asset management, Investment policies, Information asymmetry, Financial management, Management decisions

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Policy Statement on Social Security

Posted: 08 Jan 1999
Stewart C. Myers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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