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Alex Edmans

Alex Edmans

Professor of Finance, London Business School

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"Access to Finance" Blog

My blog, “Access to Finance”, aims to make complex academic papers accessible to a general audience. For posts on responsible business (both academic papers and current events), please visit the blog of my book "Grow the Pie".

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

How Macroeconomic Conditions Affect Stock Prices

John Cochrane of Stanford has written an excellent review of recent advances and future research directions in macro-finance. Macro finance studies

Category iconInvestment Strategies,  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

11th October 2017

How Short-Term Activists Create Long-Term Value

Activist hedge funds are often seen as the epitome of all that's wrong with capitalism. They cut investment, fire employees, and break contracts to

Category iconCorporate Governance

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

22nd September 2017

How Proxy Advisors Influence Voting Outcomes

Proxy advisors are playing an increasingly influential role in corporate governance, by providing investors with guidance on how to vote in director

Category iconCorporate Governance

15th August 2017

The UK’s Brexit Options

The UK voted for Brexit last June, but what does Brexit actually mean? The UK can pursue various options: staying in the Single Market, staying in the

Category iconBrexit

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

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