In Memorian John Lintner
Acknowledgments
Corporate Capital Structure in the United States: An Introduction an Overview.
Benjamin M. Friedman
1. Secular Patterns in the Financing of U.S. Corporations.
Robert A. Taggart, Jr.
Comment: John Lintner
2. Changes in the Balance Sheet of the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, 1926-1977
John H. Ciccolo, Jr., and Christopher F. Baum Comment: Jess Barry Yawitz
3. Debt and Equity Yiels, 1926-1980
Patric H. Hendershott and Roger D. Huang Comment: Jess Barry Yawitz
4. Inflation and the Role of Bonds in Investor Portfolios
Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, and Robert McDonald Comment: Martin J. Gruber
5. The Substitutability of Debt and Equity Securities
Benjamin M. Friedman Comment: Gary Smith
6. Contingent Claims Valuation of Corporate Liabilities. Theory and Empirical Tests
E. Philip Jones, Scott P. Mason, and Eric Rosenfeld
Comment: Fischer Black
7. Capital Structure Change and Decreases in Stockholders` Wealth: A Cross-sectional Study of Convertible Security Calls
Wayne H. Mikkelson
Comment: Michael C. Jensen
8. Real Determinants of Corporate Leverage
Alan J. Auerbach
Comment: Roger H. Gordon
9. Investment Patterns and Financial Leverage
Michael S. Long and Ileen B. Malitz
Comment: Stewart C. Meyers
10. Capital Structure and the Corporation`s Product Market Environment
A. Michael Spence
Comment: John T. Scott
List of Contributors
Author Index
Subjects Index
