Source: Financial Management, Vol. 24, No. 2, Silver Anniversary Commemoration Summer

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A Functional Perspective of Financial Intermediation

Author(s): Robert C. Merton

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Financial Management, Vol. 24, No. 2, Silver Anniversary Commemoration (Summer,

1995), pp. 23-41

Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the Financial Management Association

International

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• Issue Table of Contents
  • Financial Management, Vol. 24, No. 2, Silver Anniversary Commemoration (Summer, 1995), pp. 1-156
    • Front Matter [pp.  1 - 7]
    • Corporate Finance over the Past 25 Years [pp.  9 - 22]
    • A Functional Perspective of Financial Intermediation [pp.  23 - 41]
    • "Financial Management" (1972-1994): A Retrospective [pp.  42 - 53]
    • Reflections: Comments by Former FM Editors [pp.  54 - 56]
    • Financial Distress and Restructuring Models [pp.  57 - 75]
    • Corporate Capital Structure Decisions: Evidence from Leveraged Buyouts [pp.  76 - 87]
    • Insider Trading and Long-Run Return Performance [pp.  88 - 103]
    • Contemporary Issues
      • Wharton Survey of Derivatives Usage by U.S. Non-Financial Firms [pp.  104 - 114]
      • 1995 Derivatives Practices and Instruments Survey [pp.  115 - 125]
    • Executive Summaries [pp.  126 - 132]
    • Back Matter [pp.  133 - 156]