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and a

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. He co-authored '' Principles of Corporate Finance'' with Stewart C. Myers and

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(now in its thirteenth edition). He was a full-time faculty member of the London Business School from 1968-1998. He has held the posts of Director of the

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and president of the

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. He is a member of the editorial boards of the '' Journal of Applied Corporate Finance'', ''

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Journal of Empirical Finance and ''

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''. Professor Brealey is a director of the Swiss Helvetia Fund and a former director of HSBC Investor Funds, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada UK Holdings plc, and Tokai Derivative Products Ltd. He was formerly a special adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England. He was educated at

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, with an M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Selected publications

Books

*'' Principles of Corporate Finance'' with Stewart C. Myers and

*''Fundamentals of Corporate Finance'' with Stewart Myers and

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Articles and Reports

* "The Cost of Capital for the Nor-Ned Cable," by Richard A. Brealey, Richard Caldwell and Carlos Lapuerta, The Brattle Group, Ltd., June 2004. * "Personal Taxes and the Time Variation of Stock Returns - Evidence from the UK," by Richard A. Brealey, ''Journal of Banking and Finance'', 1999. * "The Asian Crisis: Lessons for Crisis Management and Prevention," by Richard A. Brealey, ''Journal of International Finance'', 1999. * "What is the International Dimension of International Finance?," by Richard A. Brealey, I.A. Cooper, and E. Kaplanis, ''European Finance Review'', 1999. * "Competitive Position of London's Financial Services," by Richard A. Brealey, City Research Project, Final Report, Corporation of London, 1995.

References

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