Scharfstein S.A.

Study results from Harvard University update understanding of economic behavior and organization.
Economics Week; 11/27/2009; 735 words; ...capital markets, I show that investment sensitivity to Tobin's Q is higher than first-best in firms where division managers hold equity (a result consistent with evidence presented in Scharfstein, 1998). When managers face high private costs from distorting...

Medical Technology Executives Descend on D.C. as AdvaMed 2009: the MedTech Conference Kicks Off and Health Care Debate Continues.(Conference news)
Biotech Week; 10/28/2009; 865 words; ...and states across the U.S. will highlight new science...conversations and Q & A's; the "Global Showcase," where...President Bill Clinton; U.S. Senator Ben Nelson; Dr. Joshua Scharfstein, Principal Deputy Commissioner...

Medical Technology Executives Descend on D.C. as AdvaMed 2009: The MedTech Conference Kicks Off and Health Care Debate Continues
U.S. Newswire; 10/12/2009; 834 words; ...and states across the U.S. will highlight new science...insightful conversations and Q & A's; the "Global Showcase," where...President Bill Clinton; U.S. Senator Ben Nelson; Dr. Joshua Scharfstein, Principal Deputy Commissioner...

Corporate relocation in venture capital finance.
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice; 9/1/2009; 25493 words; ...i.e., at least part of the firm's operations) to a country with stronger...exit market after the venture capitalist's initial investment but before exit. Such...start-ups (Gompers, Lerner, & Scharfstein, 2005). However, there are vast differences...

Optimal reinsurance arrangements under tail Risk measures.
Journal of Risk and Insurance; 9/1/2009; 7767 words; ...insurance purchases are part of firm's financing decision. The findings in Mayers...purchase of insurance lies in the bondholder's priority rule. Hoyt and Khang (2000...for property insurance demand. Froot, Scharfstein, and Stein (1993), and Froot and Stein...