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Amy K. Dittmar

Publications

  1. Why do firms use private equity to opt out of public markets, (with Sreedhar Bharath), 2009,  Review of Financial Studies forthcoming.  (web appendix)
  2. The Timing of Financing Decisions: An Examination of the Correlation in Financing Waves (with Robert Dittmar), 2008, Journal of Financial Economics 90, 59-83.
  3. Corporate Cash Policy and How to Manage it with Stock Repurchases, 2008, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 20 (3).
  4. Corporate Governance and the Value of Cash Holdings (with Jan Mahrt-Smith), 2007, Journal of Financial Economics 83, 599-634.
  5. Why Do Firms Issue Equity? (with Anjan Thakor), 2007, Journal of Finance 62, 1-54.
  6. Corporate Governance, Incentives, and Industry Consolidations (with Keith Brown and Henri Servaes), 2005 Review of Financial Studies 18, 1.
  7. Capital Structure in Corporate Spin-offs, 2004, Journal of Business 77, 9-43.
  8. Divestitures and Divisional Investment Policies (with Anil Shivdasani), 2003, Journal of Finance 58, 2711-2743.
  9. International Corporate Governance and Corporate Cash Holdings (with Jan Mahrt-Smith and Henri Servaes), 2003 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 38, 111-134.
  10. Why do Firms Repurchase Stock?, 2000, Journal of Business 73, 331 – 355. Reprinted in Recent Developments in Corporate Finance, 2005, Edward Elgar Publishers, ed. Jay Ritter

Working Papers