Webb, David


Professor David Webb  

Department

Position held

Financial Markets Group (FMG)

Director

Department of Finance

Professor of Finance

Experience keywords:

monetary theory; financial economics; bankruptcy; financial contracts

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Professor Webb's research interests lie in financial economics and monetary theory, specifically the analysis of bankruptcy and financial contracts.

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7275

Publications

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2011

Webb, David C. (2011) Pension plan funding, technology choice, and the equity risk premium. Scandinavian journal of economics, 113 (3). pp. 493-524. ISSN 1467-9442

Webb, David C. (2011) Book review: balancing the banks: global lessons from the financial crisis. Review 2. The economic journal, 121 (550). ISSN 1468-0297

2009

Webb, David C. (2009) Asymmetric information, long-term care insurance, and annuities: the case for bundled contracts. Journal of risk and insurance, 76 (1). pp. 53-85. ISSN 0022-4367

2007

Webb, David C. (2007) Pension plan funding, risk sharing and technology choice. Discussion paper: UBS Pensions Series 032, 527. Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (2007) Incentive design under loss aversion. Journal of the European Economic Association, 5 (1). pp. 66-92. ISSN 1542-4766

Webb, David C. (2007) Sponsoring company finance, investment and pension plan funding. Economic journal, 117 (520). pp. 738-760. ISSN 0013-0133

2006

Webb, David C. (2006) Long-term care insurance, annuities and asymmetric information: the case for bundling contracts. Discussion paper: UBS Pensions Series 034, 530. Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (2006) Incentive design under loss aversion. Discussion paper, 571. Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (2006) Credit rationing: Something's gotta give. Economica, 73 (292). pp. 562-578. ISSN 0013-0427

Webb, David C. (2006) The theory of corporate finance - review article. The economic journal, 116 (515). ISSN 0013-0133

2004

Webb, David C. (2004) Sponsoring company finance and investment and defined benefit pension scheme deficits. Discussion paper: UBS Pensions Series 023, 487. Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (2004) Principal agent problems under loss aversion: an application to executive stock options. Discussion paper, 478. Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Webb, David C. and Caplong, V. and Edwards, D. and Zhuang, J. (2004) Corporate governance and finance in the five affected. In: Clarke, T., (ed.) Critical perspectives on business and management. Routledge.

2003

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (2003) The near impossibility of credit rationing. Discussion paper, 459. Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2001

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (2001) Saving eliminates credit rationing. Discussion paper, 391. Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (2001) Advantageous selection in insurance markets. Rand journal of economics, 32 (2). pp. 249-262. ISSN 0741-6261

2000

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (2000) Does credit rationing imply insufficient lending? Journal of public economics, 78 (3). pp. 215-234. ISSN 0047-2727

Zhuang, Juzhong and Edwards, David and Webb, David C. and Capulong, Ma. Virginita (2000) Corporate governance and finance in East Asia: a study of Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines. ISBN 9715612954

Webb, David C. (2000) The impact of liquidity constraints on bank lending policy. The Economic Journal, 110 (460). pp. 69-91. ISSN 0013-0133

1999

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (1999) Wealth, enterprise and credit policy. Economic journal, 109 (455). pp. 153-163. ISSN 0013-0133

1992

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (1992) Efficent credit rationing. European economic review, 36 (6). pp. 1277-1290. ISSN 0014-2921

1990

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (1990) Risk, asymmetric information and capital market failure. Economic journal, 100 (399). pp. 206-214. ISSN 0013-0133

1989

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (1989) The role of interest rate taxes in credit markets with divisible projects and asymmetric information. Journal of public economics, 39 (1). pp. 33-44. ISSN 0047-2727

1988

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (1988) Credit market efficiency and tax policy in the presence of screening costs. Journal of public economics, 36 (1). pp. 1-22. ISSN 0047-2727

1987

de Meza, David and Webb, David C. (1987) Too much investment: a problem of asymmetric information. Quarterly journal of economics, 102 (2). pp. 281-292. ISSN 0033-5533

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