Firm Valuation

Time Value of Money

Time Value of Money ArXiv ID: ssrn-882850 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract This is a course material from the book Investment Decision Making. For Firm and Project Valuation. The book is originally in Spanish and is untitled as Decisio Keywords: Project Valuation, Capital Budgeting, Firm Valuation, Investment Decision Making, Discounted Cash Flow, Corporate Finance Complexity vs Empirical Score Math Complexity: 3.0/10 Empirical Rigor: 1.0/10 Quadrant: Philosophers Why: The text is course material on a foundational financial concept, focusing on conceptual explanation rather than advanced mathematics or empirical backtesting. There is no code, data, or implementation details provided. flowchart TD A["Research Goal: Time Value of Money Application"] --> B["Methodology: Discounted Cash Flow Analysis"] B --> C{"Data Inputs: CF, Rate, Time Period"} C --> D["Computational Process: Net Present Value Calculation"] D --> E{"Decision Rule: NPV >= 0?"} E -- Yes --> F["Outcome: Project Accepted"] E -- No --> G["Outcome: Project Rejected"] F --> H["Key Finding: Value Creation through Investment Selection"] G --> H

Investor Protection and Corporate Governance

Investor Protection and Corporate Governance ArXiv ID: ssrn-183908 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract Recent research on corporate governance has documented large differences between countries in ownership concentration in publicly traded firms, in the breadth a Keywords: corporate governance, ownership concentration, legal origin, shareholder rights, firm valuation, Equities Complexity vs Empirical Score Math Complexity: 2.0/10 Empirical Rigor: 3.0/10 Quadrant: Philosophers Why: The paper presents a conceptual framework and cross-country legal analysis with minimal advanced mathematics, and it relies on institutional data and literature review rather than backtesting or computational implementation. flowchart TD A["Research Goal: How does investor protection influence ownership concentration?"] --> B["Methodology: Cross-country regression analysis"] B --> C["Data Inputs: Legal Origin Shareholder Rights Index"] C --> D["Computational Process: OLS Regression of Ownership Concentration vs. Protection"] D --> E["Key Finding: Common Law origin countries have lower ownership concentration & higher firm valuation"]

The Economics of Small Business Finance: The Roles of Private Equity and Debt Markets in the Financial Growth Cycle

The Economics of Small Business Finance: The Roles of Private Equity and Debt Markets in the Financial Growth Cycle ArXiv ID: ssrn-119288 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract This article analyzes the economics of small business finance and the private equity and debt markets in which these businesses raise funds. The framework used Keywords: Small Business Finance, Private Equity, Private Debt, Capital Structure, Firm Valuation Complexity vs Empirical Score Math Complexity: 3.5/10 Empirical Rigor: 3.0/10 Quadrant: Philosophers Why: The paper focuses on conceptual economic frameworks for small business finance without heavy mathematical derivations or detailed empirical backtesting data, aligning more with theoretical analysis. flowchart TD RQ["Research Question: How do private equity & debt markets affect small business finance & capital structure?"] --> D["Data Inputs: Small business financial data & market transaction records"] D --> M["Methodology: Valuation models & capital structure analysis"] M --> C["Computational Processes: Regression analysis & firm valuation metrics"] C --> F1["Key Finding 1: Debt markets provide structured financing"] C --> F2["Key Finding 2: Private equity enables growth capital access"] C --> F3["Key Finding 3: Optimal capital structure depends on firm size & stage"]