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Alex Edmans

Alex Edmans

Professor of Finance, London Business School

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Corporate Finance

15th August 2020

How Political Connections Can Hurt, Rather Then Help, Firm Value

We often think of political connections as clearly favoring a company. Perhaps the most extreme example is Donald Trump owning around 500 businesses

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance

26th April 2020

What Drives the Cost of Default Insurance?

One of the many negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is that companies may default. Companies going bankrupt are indeed less important than

Category iconCorporate Finance,  The World Economy

29th October 2019

Corporate Finance in China

China will soon become the largest economy in the world, but many Westerners (myself included) know very little about it. I've thus tried to educate

Category iconCorporate Finance,  The World Economy

29th October 2019

Are US Industries Becoming More Concentrated?

Industry concentration has increased substantially in the US over the last two decades. But is this a problem? The obvious answer is yes - it allows

Category iconCorporate Finance,  The World Economy

10th February 2018

Conflicts of Interest Among M&A Advisors

The Importance of M&A Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are arguably the most important decision that a company makes. Successful mergers can

Category iconCorporate Finance

7th October 2017

A Layman’s Guide to Separating Causation from Correlation … and Noticing When Claims of Causality are Invalid

Imagine you're the Minister for Education, deciding how large to make a school district. Smaller school districts offer parents more school choice.

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  Executive Pay,  Responsible Business

20th July 2017

CEOs Cut Investment To Sell Their Own Shares At High Prices

One of the most fundamental concerns with corporations is that they focus on short-term profit rather than investing for the long-term. This is a

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  Executive Pay

30th June 2017

Is Short Termism Really A Problem?

"Myopia [short-termism] is a first-order problem faced by the modern firm. In the last century, firms were predominantly capital-intensive, but

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  The World Economy

5th May 2017

Corporate Governance in China

China will soon become the largest economy in the world, but many Westerners (myself included) know very little about it. Moreover, the vast majority

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  The World Economy

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