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Varouj Aram Aivazian

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Department of Economics
University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada
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Working papers

  1. Priyo, Asad Karim Khan & Rahaman, Mohammad M. & Aivazian, Varouj A., 2017. "Overinvesting via delayed exit: An empirical investigation of the cost of excessive continuation," MPRA Paper 118087, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. Varouj Aivazian & Dipak Mazumdar & Eric Santor, 2003. "Financial Constraints and Investment: Assessing the Impact of a World Bank Loan Program on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Sri Lanka," Staff Working Papers 03-37, Bank of Canada.
  3. Aivazian, V. & Booth, L. & Cleary, S., 1999. "Signaling, Dividends and Financial Structure: Implications from Cross Country Comparisons," Rotman School of Management - Finance 1, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

Articles

  1. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Callen, Jeffrey L., 2023. "The Coase Theorem and the empty core: Inspecting the entrails after four decades," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
  2. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Rahaman, Mohammad M. & Zhou, Simiao, 2019. "Does corporate diversification provide insurance against economic disruptions?," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 218-233.
  3. Aivazian Varouj A. & Callen Jeffrey L., 2017. "The Coase Theorem and Core Theory," Man and the Economy, De Gruyter, vol. 4(2), pages 1-5, December.
  4. Aivazian, Varouj & Gu, Xinhua & Qiu, Jiaping & Huang, Bihong, 2015. "Loan collateral, corporate investment, and business cycle," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 380-392.
  5. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Qiu, Jiaping & Rahaman, Mohammad M., 2015. "Bank loan contracting and corporate diversification: Does organizational structure matter to lenders?," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 252-282.
  6. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Lai, Tat-kei & Rahaman, Mohammad M., 2013. "The market for CEOs: An empirical analysis," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 24-54.
  7. Varouj A. Aivazian & Simiao Zhou, 2012. "Is Chapter 11 Efficient?," Financial Management, Financial Management Association International, vol. 41(1), pages 229-253, March.
  8. Varouj A. Aivazian & Jeffrey L. Callen & Susan McCracken, 2009. "Experimental Tests of Core Theory and the Coase Theorem: Inefficiency and Cycling," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 52(4), pages 745-759, November.
  9. Varouj A. Aivazian & Eric Santor, 2008. "Financial constraints and investment: assessing the impact of a World Bank credit program on small and medium enterprises in Sri Lanka," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 41(2), pages 475-500, May.
  10. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Booth, Laurence & Cleary, Sean, 2006. "Dividend Smoothing and Debt Ratings," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 41(2), pages 439-453, June.
  11. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Ge, Ying & Qiu, Jiaping, 2005. "Corporate governance and manager turnover: An unusual social experiment," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 29(6), pages 1459-1481, June.
  12. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Ge, Ying & Qiu, Jiaping, 2005. "The impact of leverage on firm investment: Canadian evidence," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 11(1-2), pages 277-291, March.
  13. Varouj A. Aivazian & Ying Ge & Jiaping Qiu, 2005. "Debt Maturity Structure and Firm Investment," Financial Management, Financial Management Association, vol. 34(4), Winter.
  14. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Ge, Ying & Qiu, Jiaping, 2005. "Can corporatization improve the performance of state-owned enterprises even without privatization?," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 11(5), pages 791-808, October.
  15. Aivazian, Varouj & Booth, Laurence & Cleary, Sean, 2003. "Dividend policy and the organization of capital markets," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Elsevier, vol. 13(2), pages 101-121, April.
  16. Varouj Aivazian & Jeffrey Callen, 2003. "The Core, Transaction Costs, and the Coase Theorem," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 287-299, December.
  17. Varouj Aivazian & Laurence Booth & Sean Cleary, 2003. "Do Emerging Market Firms Follow Different Dividend Policies From U.S. Firms?," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association;Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 26(3), pages 371-387, September.
  18. Laurence Booth & Varouj Aivazian & Asli Demirguc‐Kunt & Vojislav Maksimovic, 2001. "Capital Structures in Developing Countries," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 56(1), pages 87-130, February.
  19. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Callen, Jeffrey L. & Krinsky, Itzhak & Kwan, Clarence C. Y., 1990. "Risk versus return in the substitutability of debt and equity securities," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(1), pages 161-178, August.
  20. Aivazian, Varouj A & Callen, Jeffrey L, 1987. "Miller's Irrelevance Mechanism: A Note," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 42(1), pages 169-180, March.
  21. Aivazian, Varouj A, et al, 1987. "Economies of Scale versus Technological Change in the Natural Gas Transmission Industry," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 69(3), pages 556-561, August.
  22. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Callen, Jeffrey L. & Krinsky, Itzhak & Kwan, Clarence C. Y., 1986. "International exchange risk and asset substitutability," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 5(4), pages 449-466, December.
  23. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Callen, Jeffrey L., 1983. "Core theory and uniformity in accounting: Rationalizing the accounting rulemaker," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 2(4), pages 225-237.
  24. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Callen, Jeffrey L., 1983. "Reorganization in bankruptcy and the issue of strategic risk," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 7(1), pages 119-133, March.
  25. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Callen, Jeffrey L. & Krinsky, Itzhak & Kwan, Clarence C. Y., 1983. "Mean-Variance Utility Functions and the Demand for Risky Assets: An Empirical Analysis Using Flexible Functional Forms," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(4), pages 411-424, December.
  26. Aivazian, Varouj A & Callen, Jeffrey L, 1981. "The Coase Theorem and the Empty Core," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 24(1), pages 175-181, April.
  27. Aivazian, Varouj A & Callen, Jeffrey L, 1980. "Uncertain Externalities, Liability Rules, and Resource Allocation: Comment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 70(5), pages 1058-1059, December.
  28. Aivazian, Varouj A. & Callen, Jeffrey L., 1980. "Corporate leverage and growth the game-theoretic issues," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 379-399, December.
  29. Aivazian, Varouj A & Callen, Jeffrey L, 1980. "Future Investment Opportunities and the Value of the Call Provision on a Bond: Comment," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 35(4), pages 1051-1054, September.
  30. Varouj A. Aivazian & Jeffrey L. Callen, 1979. "A Note on the Economics of Exhaustible Resources," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 12(1), pages 83-89, February.
  31. Aivazian, Varouj A & Callen, Jeffrey L, 1979. "Investment, Market Structure, and the Cost of Capital," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 34(1), pages 85-92, March.
  32. Aivazian, Varouj, 1977. "The Demand for Assets under Conditions of Risk: Comment," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 32(3), pages 927-929, June.

Chapters

  1. Varouj A. Aivazian & Jeffrey L. Callen & David S. Gelb, 2012. "Unanticipated Growth, Tobin's Q, and Leverage," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Itzhak Venezia & Zvi Wiener (ed.), Bridging The Gaap Recent Advances in Finance and Accounting, chapter 11, pages 241-281, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
  2. Varouj A. Aivazian, 1998. "Microeconomic Elements and Perspectives from Finance Theory," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: José M. Fanelli & Rohinton Medhora (ed.), Financial Reform in Developing Countries, chapter 11, pages 328-351, Palgrave Macmillan.

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  1. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (1) 2003-12-07
  2. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (1) 2003-12-07
  3. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2003-12-07

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