Finance

Bayesian econometric methods have enjoyed an increase in popularity in recent years. Econometricians, empirical economists, and policymakers are increasingly making use of Bayesian methods. This handbook is a single source for researchers and policymakers wanting to learn about Bayesianmethods in specialized fields, and for graduate students seeking to make the final step from textbook learning to the research frontier. It contains contributions by leading Bayesians on the latest developments in their specific fields of expertise. The volume provides broad coverage of theapplication of Bayesian econometrics in the major fields of economics and related disciplines, including macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, and marketing. It reviews the state of the art in Bayesian econometric methodology, with chapters on posterior simulation and Markov chain Monte Carlomethods, Bayesian nonparametric techniques, and the specialized tools used by Bayesian time series econometricians such as state space models and particle filtering. It also includes chapters on Bayesian principles and methodology.

Survey Research in Corporate Finance: An Overview -- Conducting Survey Research -- Capital Budgeting -- Cost of Capital -- Capital Structure & Financing Decisions -- Dividends & Dividend Policy -- Share Repurchases, Special Dividends, Stock Splits, & Stock Dividends -- Risk Management & Derivatives -- State of the Art: Do Theory & Practice Actually Meet?

"Springer Finance is a programme of books addressing students, academics and practitioners working on increasingly technical approaches to the analysis of financial markets. It aims to cover a variety of topics, not only mathematical finance but foreign exchanges, term structure, risk management, portfolio theory, equity derivatives and financial economics."