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Research Interests
His research is in the area of empirical corporate finance: the questions of how firms evaluate potential investment projects and how they fund such projects. His recent writing focuses on how the cost of information, technology, competition, and taxes affect how firms raise capital and fund their projects.
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 1990
Economics, AB, Princeton University
… → 1986
Research interests keywords
- Banking and Financial Institutions
- Corporate Bankruptcy
- Corporate Capital Structure
- Corporate Finance
- Debt-Equity Choice
- Entrepreneurship
- Payout Policy
- Pension Funds
- Real Options (Investments)
- Risk Management
- Small Business Management
- Taxation
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Liberti, J. M. & Petersen, M. A., Mar 1 2019, In: Review of Corporate Finance Studies. 8, 1, p. 1-41 41 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
262 Scopus citations -
Understanding the Rise in Corporate Cash: Precautionary Savings or Foreign Taxes
Faulkender, M. W., Hankins, K. W. & Petersen, M. A., Sep 1 2019, In: Review of Financial Studies. 32, 9, p. 3299-3334 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access74 Scopus citations -
Loans on sale: Credit market seasonality, borrower need, and lender rents
Murfin, J. & Petersen, M., Aug 1 2016, In: Journal of Financial Economics. 121, 2, p. 300-326 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access20 Scopus citations -
Understanding Precautionary Cash at Home and Abroad
Faulkender, M., Hankins, K. W. & Petersen, M. A., Dec 2015, 32 p.Research output: Working paper
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Investment and capital constraints: Repatriations under the American Jobs Creation Act
Faulkender, M. & Petersen, M., Nov 2012, In: Review of Financial Studies. 25, 11, p. 3351-3388 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
115 Scopus citations