Volume 64 Issue 4 (August 2009)

FRONT MATTER

Front Matter (pages i-iii)

  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01472_2.x

ARTICLES

Presidential Address: Sophisticated Investors and Market Efficiency (pages 1517-1548)

  • Author(s): JEREMY C. STEIN
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01472.x

Why Are Buyouts Levered? The Financial Structure of Private Equity Funds (pages 1549-1582)

  • Author(s): ULF AXELSON, PER STRÖMBERG, MICHAEL S. WEISBACH
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01473.x

Predictive Systems: Living with Imperfect Predictors (pages 1583-1628)

  • Author(s): ĽUBOŠ PÁSTOR, ROBERT F. STAMBAUGH
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01474.x

Explicit versus Implicit Contracts: Evidence from CEO Employment Agreements (pages 1629-1655)

  • Author(s): STUART L. GILLAN, JAY C. HARTZELL, ROBERT PARRINO
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01475.x

Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation (pages 1657-1695)

  • Author(s): MICHAEL R. ROBERTS, AMIR SUFI
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01476.x

Agency Problems at Dual‐Class Companies (pages 1697-1727)

  • Author(s): RONALD W. MASULIS, CONG WANG, FEI XIE
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01477.x

The Corporate Propensity to Save (pages 1729-1766)

  • Author(s): LEIGH A. RIDDICK, TONI M. WHITED
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01478.x

Target Behavior and Financing: How Conclusive Is the Evidence? (pages 1767-1796)

  • Author(s): XIN CHANG, SUDIPTO DASGUPTA
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01479.x

Analyzing the Tax Benefits from Employee Stock Options (pages 1797-1825)

  • Author(s): ILONA BABENKO, YURI TSERLUKEVICH
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01480.x

Financially Constrained Stock Returns (pages 1827-1862)

  • Author(s): DMITRY LIVDAN, HORACIO SAPRIZA, LU ZHANG
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01481.x

First‐Order Risk Aversion, Heterogeneity, and Asset Market Outcomes (pages 1863-1887)

  • Author(s): DAVID A. CHAPMAN, VALERY POLKOVNICHENKO
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01482.x

Who Gambles in the Stock Market? (pages 1889-1933)

  • Author(s): ALOK KUMAR
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01483.x

Rewriting History (pages 1935-1960)

  • Author(s): ALEXANDER LJUNGQVIST, CHRISTOPHER MALLOY, FELICIA MARSTON
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01484.x

REPORTS OF THE AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION

Report of the Editor of The Journal of Finance for the Year 2008 (pages 1961-1974)

  • Author(s): CAMPBELL R. HARVEY
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01485.x

Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting
January 4, 2009 (pages 1975-1976)

  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01486.x

Report of the Executive Secretary and Treasurer for the Year Ending September 30, 2008 (pages 1977-1979)

  • Author(s): David H. Pyle
  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01487.x

MISCELLANEA

MISCELLANEA (pages 1981-1982)

  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01488.x

BACK MATTER

Back Matter (pages 1983-1987)

  • Article first published online: Jul 16, 2009
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01489.x

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