The Journal of Finance

Front Matter
pp. i-iii(3)

Presidential Address: Sophisticated Investors and Market Efficiency
pp. 1517-1548(32)
Author: STEIN, JEREMY C.

Why Are Buyouts Levered? The Financial Structure of Private Equity Funds
pp. 1549-1582(34)
Authors: AXELSON, ULF; STRÖMBERG, PER; WEISBACH, MICHAEL S.

Predictive Systems: Living with Imperfect Predictors
pp. 1583-1628(46)
Authors: PÁSTOR, ĽUBOŠ; STAMBAUGH, ROBERT F.

Explicit versus Implicit Contracts: Evidence from CEO Employment Agreements
pp. 1629-1655(27)
Authors: GILLAN, STUART L.; HARTZELL, JAY C.; PARRINO, ROBERT

Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation
pp. 1657-1695(39)
Authors: ROBERTS, MICHAEL R.; SUFI, AMIR

Agency Problems at Dual-Class Companies
pp. 1697-1727(31)
Authors: MASULIS, RONALD W.; WANG, CONG; XIE, FEI

The Corporate Propensity to Save
pp. 1729-1766(38)
Authors: RIDDICK, LEIGH A.; WHITED, TONI M.

Target Behavior and Financing: How Conclusive Is the Evidence?
pp. 1767-1796(30)
Authors: CHANG, XIN; DASGUPTA, SUDIPTO

Analyzing the Tax Benefits from Employee Stock Options
pp. 1797-1825(29)
Authors: BABENKO, ILONA; TSERLUKEVICH, YURI

Financially Constrained Stock Returns
pp. 1827-1862(36)
Authors: LIVDAN, DMITRY; SAPRIZA, HORACIO; ZHANG, LU

First-Order Risk Aversion, Heterogeneity, and Asset Market Outcomes
pp. 1863-1887(25)
Authors: CHAPMAN, DAVID A.; POLKOVNICHENKO, VALERY

Who Gambles in the Stock Market?
pp. 1889-1933(45)
Author: KUMAR, ALOK

Rewriting History
pp. 1935-1960(26)
Authors: LJUNGQVIST, ALEXANDER; MALLOY, CHRISTOPHER; MARSTON, FELICIA

Report of the Editor of The Journal of Finance for the Year 2008
pp. 1961-1974(14)
Author: HARVEY, CAMPBELL R.

Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting

Report of the Executive Secretary and Treasurer for the Year Ending September 30, 2008
pp. 1977-1979(3)

MISCELLANEA
pp. 1981-1982(2)

Back Matter
pp. 1983-1987(5)