Enrique Arzac
Professor Emeritus at Columbia Business School
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Professor Arzac is an expert on corporate finance and valuation. He teaches the advanced corporate finance courses in the MBA and Executive MBA programs, directs the Merger, Buyouts and Corporate Restructuring program for executives, and co-directs the Mergers and Acquisitions program for executives at London Business School. He is the author of the book Valuation for Mergers, Buyouts and Restructuring and has published many articles in finance and economics journals. His is currently studying valuation issues and practices in corporate acquisitions and the design of transactions structures. He has received many awards for teaching excellence, including the 1995 Margaret Chandler Award for Commitment to Excellence in teaching. Arzac is a director of the Adams Express Company, Petroleum and Resources Corporation and Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds.
Teaching
Fall 2014
Advanced Corporate Finance (EMBA)
Fall 2013
Advanced Corporate Finance (EMBA)
Summer 2013
Advanced Corporate Finance (EMBA)
Spring 2013
Advanced Corporate Finance (EMBA)
Fall 2012
Advanced Corporate Finance (EMBA)
Summer 2012
Advanced Corporate Finance (EMBA)
Spring 2012
Advanced Corporate Finance (EMBA)
Columbia Caseworks cases
The Perfect Storm: Citigroup's $7.5 Billion Mandatory Convertible Issue (2008)
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Restructuring Kraft (2008)
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Research
Journal articles
A Reconsideration of Tax Shield Valuation In European Financial Management (2005)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac, Lawrence Glosten
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Percs, Decs, and Other Mandatory Convertibles In Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (1997)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Valuation of Highly Leveraged Firms In Financial Analysts Journal (1996)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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On the Capital Structure of Leveraged Buyouts In Financial Management (1992)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Class Shares and Economies of Scope In Journal of Economic Theory (1991)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Income Insurance with Uncertain Output In International Economic Review (1989)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Do Your Business Units Create Shareholder Value? In Harvard Business Review (1986)
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A Mechanism for the Allocation of Corporate Investment In Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (1983)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Flotation Cost Allowance in Rate of Return Regulation: A Note In Journal of Finance (1981)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac, Matityahu Marcus
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A Theory and Test of Credit Rationing: Some Further Results In American Economic Review (1981)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac, Robert Schwartz, David Whitcomb
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The Leverage Structure of Interest Rates In Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking (1981)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac, Robert Schwartz, David Whitcomb
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A Quarterly Econometric Model of the United States Livestock and Grain Markets and Some of Its Policy Implications In American Journal of Agricultural Economics (1979)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac, Maurice Wilkinson
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Stabilization Policies for the United States Feed Grain and Livestock Markets In Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (1979)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac, Maurice Wilkinson
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Portfolio Choice and Equilibrium in Capital Markets with Safety-First Investors In Journal of Financial Economics (1977)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac, Vijay Bawa
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Profits and Safety in the Theory of the Firm Under Price Uncertainty In International Economic Review (1976)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Structural Planning Under Controllable Business Risk In Journal of Finance (1975)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Utility Analysis of Chance-Constrained Portfolio Selection In Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (1974)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Books
Modeling Mergers and Buyouts with DealModeler: User''s Manual and DealModeler Software (2005)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Valuation for Mergers, Buyouts, and Restructuring (2005)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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Working papers
Back-Door Equity Financing: Citigroup''s $7.5 Billion Mandatory Convertible Issue (2008)
Coauthor(s): Enrique Arzac
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