Professor Anton Miglo
is Associate Professor of Finance at the School of Business at Nipissing University, Canada. He obtained his Candidate of Science Degree from Saint-Petersburg State University in 1998 and PhD with excellence in economics (concentration in finance) from the University of Quebec in Montreal (Canada) in 2005. During his studies, Professor Miglo was awarded prestigious scholarships from the Canadian Council of Social Science Research and Montreal Institute of Financial Mathematics. Over the course of his career, Professor Miglo has taught numerous finance courses including Theory of Finance, Financial Management, Entrepreneurial Finance, Advanced Topics in Finance, Investments, Finance with Excel and Financing Strategies and Corporate Governance. He is the author of numerous academic publications. Professor Miglo areas of expertise include capital structure and financial contracts.

Focuses exclusively on capital structure management and financing decisions

Covers both fundamentals and critical issues in capital structure management

Written from a post financial crisis perspective

Covers asymmetric information between investors and issuers

Covers financing of small companies such as entrepreneurial finance, start-up funding, and crowdfunding

Combines theoretical results with a large number of examples, exercises and applications

Chapter 1) Introduction.- Section I.- Chapter 2) Modigliani-Miller Proposition and Trade-Off Theory.- Chapter 3) Asymmetric Information and Capital Structure.- Chapter 4) Credit Rationing and Asset Substitution.- Chapter 5) Debt Overhang.- Section II.- Chapter 6) Capital Structure Choice and Firm's "Quality".- Chapter 7) Capital Structure and Corporate Governance.- Chapter 8) Capital Structure of Start-Up Firms and Small Firms.- Chapter 9) Corporate Capital Structure vs. Project Financing.- Chapter 10) Capital Structure Analysis: Some Examples.