Richard Brealey
Emeritus Professor of Finance
MA (Oxford) FBA
Professor Richard Brealey’s research interests include corporate finance, investment management, international finance, capital markets and intermediation.
His publications include: Principles of Corporate Finance and Fundamentals of Corporate Finance and his recent research has appeared in journals such as the Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.
In addition to being Emeritus Professor of Finance at London Business School, he is director of the Swiss Helvetia Fund. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, advisory editor of Economic Notes and a member of the Advisory Board of International Finance.
He was formerly a special adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England and Tokai Bank Professor of Finance at London Business School. He has held visiting appointments at the University of California (Berkeley), the University of British Columbia, the University of Hawaii and the Australian Graduate School of Management.
- rbrealey@london.edu
- +44 (0)20 7000 8233
- Corporate finance
- Investment management
- International finance
- Capital markets
- Intermediation
2020
Cost of capital and valuation in the public and private sectors: tax, risk, and debt capacity
Brealey R A; Cooper I A; Habib M A
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 2020 Vol 47:1-2 p 163-187
2019
The effect of mergers on US bank risk in the short run and in the long run
Brealey R A; Cooper I A; Kaplanis E
Journal of Banking and Finance 2019 Vol 108 November
2016
The behaviour of sentiment-induced share returns: measurement when fundamentals are observable
Brealey R; Cooper I; Kaplanis E
Portfolio Construction, Measurement, and Efficiency: Essays in Honor of Jack Treynor, pp 291-313. Springer International Publishing, 2016
2012
International propagation of the credit crisis: Implications for bank regulation
Brealey R A; Cooper I A; Kaplanis E
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 2012 Vol 24:4 p 36-45
2010
Excess comovement in international equity markets: a test using cross-border mergers
Cooper I; Brealey R; Kaplanis E
Review of Financial Studies 2010 April Vol 23:4 p 1718-1740
Treatment of investment management fees and commission payments: an examination of the recommendations contained in the Myners report
Brealey R A; Neuberger A J
Fund Managers Association 2001 September
Using project finance to fund infrastructure investments
Brealey R A; Cooper I A; Habib M A
in Chew D H ed., The new corporate finance: where theory meets practice. 3rd ed., p 367-384, McGraw Hill, 2001
2000
Financing of large scale engineering projects
Brealey R A; Cooper I A; Habib M A
In Bickerstaffe G ed., High risk, uncertain returns: the game of project venturing, MIT Press, 2000
1999
What is the international dimension of international finance?
Cooper I A; Brealey R A; Kaplanis E C
European Finance Review 1999 Vol 3:1 p 103-119
1998
New equity issues and raising cash
Brealey R A; Nyborg K G
In Bickerstaffe G ed., Mastering Finance, Financial Times/Pitman, p 65-75, 1998
1997
Cities of gold
Brealey R A
In Bickerstaffe G ed., Mastering management, Financial Times/Pitman, 1997
Investment appraisal in the public sector
Cooper I A; Brealey R A; Habib M
Oxford Review of Economic Policy 1997 Vol 13:4 p 12-18
Valuation in the public and private sectors: tax, risk, and the cost of capital
Cooper I A; Brealey R A; Habib M A
Oxford Review of Economic Policy 1997 Vol 13:4 p 12-28
1996
Determinants of foreign banking location
Brealey R A; Kaplanis E C
Journal of International Money and Finance 1996 Vol 15:4 p 577-597
Some concerns with the regulatory system of the utilities
Brealey R A; Franks J R
Utility Finance 1996 May p 15-17
Using project finance to fund infrastructure investments
Brealey R A; Cooper I A; Habib M A
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 1996 Fall Vol 9:3 p 25-38
1995
Discrete exchange rate hedging strategies
Brealey R A; Kaplanis E C
Journal of Banking and Finance 1995 August Vol 19:5 p 765-784
1992
Measuring monopoly power: implications for utility regulation
Brealey R A
In Beesley M E ed., Lectures on regulation 1991, London Business School Centre for Business Strategy, 1991
1991
Harry M. Markowitz's contributions to financial economics
Brealey R A
Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1991 Vol 93:1 p 7-17
1990
Portfolio theory versus portfolio practice
Brealey R A
Journal of Portfolio Management 1990 Summer Vol 16:4 p 6-10
Welfare effects of a boycott on investment in South African securities
Kaplanis E C; Brealey R A
Investment Analyst 1990 Summer
2018
Valuation in the public and private sectors: tax, risk, debt capacity, and the cost of capital
Brealey R A; Cooper I A; Habib M A
Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper
2017
The effect of mergers on US bank risk in the short run and in the long run
Brealey R; Cooper I; Kaplanis E
Social Sciences Research Network
1998
Fundamentals of corporate finance. 2nd ed.
Brealey R A; Myers S C; Marcus A J
McGraw Hill, 1998
1995
Competitive position of London's financial services
Brealey R A; et al.
City Research Project: final report, Corporation of London, 1995
1994
Growth and structure of international banking
Brealey R A; Kaplanis E C
City Research Project: subject report XI, Corporation of London, 1994
1993
Revenues from the City's financial services
Brealey R A; Soria M
City Research Project: subject report VI, Corporation of London, 1993