The corporate financiers : Williams, Modigliani, Miller, Coase, Williamson, Alchian, Demsetz, Jensen, Meckling /: Williams, Modigliani, Miller, Coase, Williamson, Alchian, Demsetz, Jensen, Meckling. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colin Read.
• Authors: Read, Colin, 1959-
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- PART I: FROM ART TO SCIENCE -- 2. A Fly in the Ointment -- 3. The Early Life of John Burr Williams -- 4. The Times and the Theory -- 5. A New Finance Paradigm -- 6. Legacy and Later Life -- PART II: IS A CORPORATION'S CAPITAL STRUCTURE IRRELEVANT? -- 7. The Early Years of Franco Modigliani -- 8. The Early Years of Merton Miller -- 9. The Times -- 10. The Great Idea -- 11. Applications -- 12. The Prize -- 13. The Later Years of Merton Miller -- 14. The Later Years of Franco Modigliani -- PART III: TRANSACTIONS COSTS AND THE VALUE OF A FIRM -- 15. The Early Life of Ronald Harold Coase -- 16. The Times and the Theory -- 17. Life and Legacy -- 18. The Early Life of Oliver Eaton Williamson -- 19. The Times and the Theory -- 20. Applications -- 21. Life and Legacy -- 22. Life and Legacy of Oliver Williamson -- PART IV: ALCHIAN AND DEMSETZ -- 23. Alchian and Demsetz -- 24. Harold Demsetz -- 25. The Times -- 26. The Great Idea -- 27. Applications and Extensions -- 28. Harold Demsetz Later in Life -- 29. The Later Years of Armen Alchian -- PART V: JENSEN AND MECKLING -- 30. The Early Years for Michael Cole Jensen -- 31. The Early Years for William Henry Meckling -- 32. The Times -- 33. The Theory -- 34. Applications and Extensions -- 35. Life and Legacy -- PART VI: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED -- 36. Combined contributions -- 37. Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages)
• Subjects: 332.092; Economics; Capitalists and financiers; Finance -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate Finance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Theory; Capitalists and financiers; Finance; Business & Economics -- Economic History; Finance; Corporate finance; Management science; Economic theory; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Theory; Economic theory & philosophy; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137341280; 1137341289
• Related ISBNs: 9781349465057; 1349465054; 9781137341273; 1137341270
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Publisher supplied information; title not viewed.
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