John B.Guerard Jr. – Quantitative Corporate Finance

The book addresses several problems in contemporary corporate finance: optimal capital structure, both in the US and in the G7 economies, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and the implications for the cost of capital. It is intended to be used as a graduate financial management textbook.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John B. Guerard, Jr.

There is a director of global quantitative research.

Finance student at the University of Texas at Austin. M.S.I.M. Finance is at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The University of Virginia had a M.A. Economics. Duke University, cum laude, 1975, A.B. Economics.

John B. Guerard Jr. joined McKinley Capital Management in 2005 as Co-Director of Global Quantitative Research. Mr. Guerard is a notable addition to our team because of his passion for global equity markets. Ted L. Gifford is the long-time Director of the Global Quantitative Research team. Both will work to improve and maintain our investment models. Mr. Guerard was the Vice President for Daiwa Securities Trust Co. where he co-managed the Japan Equity Fund with Dr. Harry Markowitz. He was a Faculty member at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University Graduate School of Management.

Eli Schwartz was the Chairman of the Economics Dept at the time. Visiting Professor and lecturer at the following institutions: Tel Aviv University, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, London School of Economics, Michigan State, Brown University and University of Rhode Island. Professor Schwartz is active in academic research. He has published several books and papers in the field of corporate finance, including Management Policies in Local Government Finance, Theory and Application of the Interest Rate, and The Economic Growth Controversy.