TY - BOOK AU - Baker, H. Kent AU - Martin,Gerald S. TI - Capital structure and corporate financing decisions: theory, evidence, and practice T2 - The Robert W. Kolb series in finance SN - 9780470569528 (cloth) AV - HG4026 .B35 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Capital investments N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Capital structure:an overview -- Factors affecting capital structure decisions -- Capital structure and corporate strategy -- Capital structure and firm risk -- Capital structure and returns -- Capital structure and compensation -- Worldwide patterns in capital structure -- Capital structure theories and empirical tests: an overview -- Capital structure Irrelevance: The Modigliani-miller model -- Trade-off, pecking order, signaling, and markets timing models -- Estimating capital costs: practical implementation of theory's insight -- Economic, regulatory, industry effects on capital structure -- Survey evidence on financing decisions and cost of capital -- The roles of financial intermediaries in raising capital -- Bank relations and collateralization -- Rating agencies and credit insurance -- Secured financing -- Sale and lease back -- Financial distress and bankruptcy -- Fiduciary responsibility and financial distress -- The leave versus buy decision -- Private investment in public equity -- Financing corporate mergers and acquisitions ER -