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Rate‐of‐Return Regulation and Utility Capital Structure Decisions

Published: 05/01/1981   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1981.tb00451.x

ROBERT A. TAGGART

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DISCUSSION

Published: 07/01/1986   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1986.tb04526.x

ROBERT A. TAGGART

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A MODEL OF CORPORATE FINANCING DECISIONS

Published: 12/01/1977   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1977.tb03348.x

Robert A. Taggart

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Taxes and Corporate Capital Structure in an Incomplete Market

Published: 06/01/1980   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1980.tb03489.x

ROBERT A. TAGGART

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“Bond Refunding Reconsidered Reply”

Published: 03/01/1980   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1980.tb03483.x

AHARON R. OFER, ROBERT A. TAGGART

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FUTURE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THE VALUE OF THE CALL PROVISION ON A BOND

Published: 09/01/1978   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1978.tb02056.x

Zvi Bodie, Robert A. Taggart

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Capital Structure Equilibrium under Market Imperfections and Incompleteness

Published: 03/01/1984   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1984.tb03862.x

LEMMA W. SENBET, ROBERT A. TAGGART

This paper generalizes Miller's supply‐side equilibrium argument to other forms of capital market imperfections and incompleteness. If corporations possess a comparative advantage in dealing with these imperfections, they have an incentive to act as financial intermediaries. Corporations' attempts to profit from these intermediation activities dictate an optimal capital structure for the corporate sector as a whole, but in equilibrium the capital structure of any single firm is a matter of indifference. In addition, the positive role that corporate finance plays in completing the market restores standard perfect market results on asset pricing and the associated portfolio separation properties.

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Future Investment Opportunities and the Value of the Call Provision on a Bond: Reply

Published: 09/01/1980   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1980.tb03524.x

ZVI BODIE, ROBERT A. TAGGART

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BOND REFUNDING: A CLARIFYING ANALYSIS

Published: 03/01/1977   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1977.tb03238.x

Aharon R. Ofer, Robert A. Taggart

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