A classified listing of approximately 3,600 theoretical and empirical studies in the fields of corporate finance and speculative financial markets, most of which have been published in statistical or general economic journals since 1960 and through 1971, and primarily in the United States. Works are listed both by author and by subject, and each subject heading is preceded by a short introduction to the available materials. Studies are grouped in 150 subject areas under the following main headings: Works of Reference and Anthologies; Securities Markets; Investment Institutions and the Owndership of Securities; Investment Management; Market Indexes and the Return on Equities; The Economy and the Stock Market; The Valuation of Equities; The Behavior of Accounting Numbers and Their Effect on Stock Prices; Decisions under Uncertainty and General Equilibrium Conditions; Portfolio Selection and Capital Asset Pricing Theory; Market Efficiency and the Random Walk Hypothesis; Technical Analysis; Volume and Unusual Market Activity; Performance Measurement; The Accuracy of Forecasts; Sales of Stock and Changes in Issued Capital; Options and Convertible Securities; Interest Rates; Bonds and Preferred Stock; Money Market and International Capital Markets; Other Speculative Markets; Corporate Finance&-General; Capital Structure; Dividend Policy; Asset Management; Mergers, Bankruptcies, and Reorganizations; Taxation.

"This exceptional book provides valuable insights into the evolution of financial economics from the perspective of a major player." -- Robert Litzenberger, Hopkinson Professor Emeritus of Investment Banking, Univ. of Pennsylvania; and retired partner, Goldman Sachs A History of the Theory of Investments is about ideas -- where they come from, how they evolve, and why they are instrumental in preparing the future for new ideas. Author Mark Rubinstein writes history by rewriting history. In unearthing long-forgotten books and journals, he corrects past oversights to assign credit where credit is due and assembles a remarkable history that is unquestionable in its accuracy and unprecedented in its power. Exploring key turning points in the development of investment theory, through the critical prism of award-winning investment theory and asset pricing expert Mark Rubinstein, this groundbreaking resource follows the chronological development of investment theory over centuries, exploring the inner workings of great theoretical breakthroughs while pointing out contributions made by often unsung contributors to some of investment's most influential ideas and models.

Works in the bibliography focus on issues of lasting importance and are analytical as well as descriptive and essentially all of the articles in such major finance journals as the Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics have been included. Entries are divided into 40 main subject areas broken down into 373 subject categories. They range from Bernoulli's famous paper of 1730 to works published at the end of 1989 with the majority of publications published in the last decade. Main subjects: General finance. Decisions under uncertainty. Economics of information. The principal-agent relationship. Social responsibility. Capital markets and securities markets. Market microstructure. Intermediation. Efficiency of securities markets. Rates of return on securities. Risk. Portfolio selection. Equilibrium prices of risky assets. Measurement of investment performance. Valuation of common stocks. Accounting information and valuation. Interest rates. Debt and preferred stock. Options. Convertible securities and warrants. Hedging instruments: futures and forwards. Capital expenditures. Cost of capital. New securities issues. Splits and stock dividends. Cash dividends. Company financing and capital structure. Leasing and project finance. Financial planning. Working capital. Mergers and corporate restructuring. Regulated industries. Foreign exchange. Real estate. Commodity markets and exhaustible resources. Other speculative markets. Human capital. Tax. Inflation. Econometrics and statistics.

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