Corporate Finance Working Papers and Published Articles

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Professor William L. Megginson

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William L. Megginson

Towards a Global Model of Venture Capital?

Forthcoming Journal for Applied Corporate Finance Fall 2002

Weenian Chua, William L. Megginson and Kangmao Wang

Signal Power of Technological and Financial Variables in Venture Capital

Working Paper (March 2001)

Stefanie Kleimeier and William L. Megginson

Are Project Finance Loans Different From Other Syndicated Credits?

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (Spring 2000)

Carlos P. Maquieira, William L. Megginson, and Lance Nail.

Wealth Creation Versus Wealth Redistribution in Pure Stock-For-Swap Mergers

Journal of Financial Economics (April 1998), pages 3-33. Full text available to Journal subscribers only.

Stefanie Kleimeier and William L. Megginson.

An Empirical Analysis of Limited Recourse Project Finance

Working paper (June 1999) to be presented at the Conference on Field-Based Research, Harvard Business School, July 7-10, 1999. Being revised for second review, finance journal (August 2000).

Benjamin C. Esty and William L. Megginson

Syndicate Structure as a Response to Political Risk in the Project Finance Loan Market

Working paper (March 2001)

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William L. Megginson

Corporate Governance in Publicly-Quoted Companies

Paper presented at OECD Corporate Governance conference, Beijing PRC (January 2000)

Marc L. Lipson, Carlos P. Maquieira, and William L. Megginson.

Dividend Initiations and Earnings Surprises

Financial Management (Autumn 1998), pages 36-45.

William L. Megginson, Angela Morgan, and Lance Nail.

Changes in Corporate Focus, Ownership Structure, and Long-Run Merger Returns

Working paper (February 1999), being revised for second review, finance journal (August 2000).

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