Overlaps of Private Sector with Public Sector Around the Globe

Contributions in Research in Finance Volume 31, entitled "Overlaps of Private Sector with Public Sector Around the Globe", assess the benefits to local banks around the Bakken Formation, the application of real options analysis to project activation in the aerospace industry, the effect of corporate governance on valuation in India, plus the connection between democracy in government structure and the successful development of stock markets in emerging African nations. We also have studies of dividend policy and systemic risk in emerging markets, plus improvements in quantitative methods for estimating option volatility.