Thursday, June 24, 2004

SSRN-Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity by Michael Jensen

SSRN-Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity by Michael Jensen

I know we talked about this one in class, but it is just so so good. Jensen talks about what led to the governance crisis we saw at Tyco, Enron, etc. A big part of teh answer may be overpriced equity. Why? A stock price that is overvalued is caused when investors have overly optimistic expectations. Thus, if the investors were to

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