Private placements and managerial entrenchment

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

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

Large Shareholders and Corporate Control

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Political Economy · 1986 · 8.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +11

Predicting takeover targets

Krishna G. Palepu · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 1986 · 1.4K citations

Private benefits from control of public corporations

Michael J. Barclay, Clifford G. Holderness · Journal of Financial Economics · 1989 · 1.2K citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Public Administration +12