Generalized Modigliani-Miller Theory: Applications in Corporate Finance, Investments, Taxation and Ratings

The original theory of capital cost and capital structure put forward by Nobel Prize Winners Modigliani and Miller has since been modified by many authors, and this book discusses some of them. The book's authors have created general theory of capital cost and capital structure - the Brusov-Filatova-Orekhova (BFO) theory, which generalizes the Modigliani-Miller theory to encompass companies of an arbitrary age (and arbitrary lifetime). Despite the availability of this more general theory, the classical Modigliani-Miller theory is still widely used in practice. In this book, the authors for the first time generalize it for cases of practical relevance: for the case of variable profit; for the case of advance tax-on-profit payments and interest on debt payments; for the case of several tax-on-profit and interest on debt payments per period; and for the combination of all three effects. These generalizations lead to valuable theoretical results as well as significantly widen of practical application this theory in practice and increase of the quality of finance management of the company. As well, the book investigates the applications of said results in corporate finance, investments, taxation and ratings, where employing a generalized Modigliani-Miller theory can be very fruitful.

Peter Brusov is professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow). He has been a visiting Professor of Northwestern University (USA), Cornell University (USA), Osaka City University (Japan) and National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan) among other places. He is the author of over 500 research publications including six monographs, numerous textbooks and articles.

Tatiana Filatova is professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow). In the past 20 years, she has been Dean of the faculties of financial management, management, state and municipal government at the Financial University. Tatiana Filatova is the author of over 250 research publications including five monographs, numerous textbooks and articles.

Natali Orekhova is professor at the Southern Federal University in Rostov-on-Don (Russia). She been a leading scientist of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. She is the author of over 120 research publications including five monographs, numerous textbooks and articles.