Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance is a subdiscipline of finance that addresses the financial decisions regarding capital structure, funding sources, and investment allocation undertaken by corporations to maximize shareholder value.

58.7K

Publications

4.9M

Citations

59.3K

Authors

7.9K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

19.5K

Parents

Corporate LawFinanceFinancial Management

Children

Agency CostsBankruptcyCorporate RestructuringDebt FinancingEquity FinancingFinancial DistressLeverage PolicyLiquidity ManagementLong-term FinancingPayout Policy

Publications

58.7K

The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities

Fischer Black, Myron S. Scholes · Journal of Political Economy · 1973 · 29.4K citations

Business, Economics, Finance +13

Corporate financing and investment decisions when firms have information that investors do not have

Stewart C. Myers, Nicholas S. Majluf · Journal of Financial Economics · 1984 · 19.1K citations

Management, Business Economics, Finance +17

Law and Finance

Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Political Economy · 1998 · 18.1K citations

Law, Corporate Governance, Finance +14

Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers

Michael C. Jensen · American Economic Review · 1986 · 17.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Finance +17

A Survey of Corporate Governance

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · The Journal of Finance · 1997 · 16.2K citations · Full text

Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law +17

1–5 of 58.7K

Authors

59.3K

RM
René M. Stulz
National Bureau of Economic Research, United States
123 publications · 39K citations
69
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JR
John R. Graham
Duke University, United States
79 publications · 31.8K citations
52
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OG
Omrane Guedhami
University of South Carolina, United States
73 publications · 12.5K citations
46
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ST
Sheridan Titman
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
76 publications · 24K citations
46
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MW
Mike Wright
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
85 publications · 6.3K citations
44
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1–5 of 59.3K

Institutions

7.9K

1–8 of 7.9K

Venues

The Journal of Finance
1.6K publications · 588.5K citations
376
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Journal of Financial Economics
1K publications · 449.1K citations
329
h-index
SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 8.4K publications · 439.2K citations
240
h-index
Review of Financial Studies
624 publications · 155.3K citations
222
h-index
Journal of Banking & Finance
984 publications · 118.9K citations
172
h-index

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See also Corporate Finance
Capital Structure	Cost Of Capital Debt Financing Equity Financing Capital Structure Theory Pecking Order Theory Short-term Debt Trade-off Theory Retained Earnings Reporting Financial Leverage Effects Digital Trade Finance
Investment Appraisal	Profitability Index Net Present Value Net Cash Flow Payback Period Discounted Cash Flow Modeling Internal Rate Of Return
Firm Valuation	Price Earning Ratios Dividend Discount Model Cash Flow Discounting Market-to-book Ratio Corporate Discount Rates Cost Of Equity Price-to-sales Ratio Enterprise Value-to-earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, And Amortization Ratio Free Cash Flow To Firm Free Cash Flow To Equity
Payout Policy	Dividend Policy Dividend Payout Ratio Share Repurchases Retained Earnings Reporting Dividend Irrelevance Theory
Working Capital	Liquidity Risk Corporate Cash Holdings Trade Credit Inventory Management Cash Conversion Cycle Accounts Receivable Cash Flow Forecasting Inventory Days On Hand Days In Accounts Receivable Payables Deferral Period Accounts Payable Cash Pooling Internal Bank Management Budgeted Cash Statement Net Operating Cycle