Richard A. Brealey is a British economist and author. He was formerly a special adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England

Bank of England

The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...

 and Visiting Professor of Finance and the Tokai Bank Professor of Finance at the London Business School

London Business School

London Business School is an international business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London, located in central London, beside Regent's Park...

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Biography

Dr. Brealey was a full-time faculty member of the London Business School from 1968-1998. For a number of year he previously held the posts of Director of the American Finance Association

American Finance Association

The American Finance Association is an academic organization whose focus is the study and promotion of knowledge of financial economics. It was formed in 1939...

 and President of the European Finance Association; he is also an elected Honorary Fellow of the Society of Investment Analysts. He is also the former director of The Brattle Group

The Brattle Group

The Brattle Group provides consulting services and expert testimony in economics, finance, and regulation to corporations, law firms, and public agencies...

, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada UK Holdings plc

Sun Life Financial

Sun Life Financial Inc. is an international financial services company known primarily as a life insurance company. Based in Toronto, Canada, Sun Life and its partners provide insurance, retirement and investment solutions for individuals and businesses around the world including Canada, the United...

, and Tokai Derivative Products Ltd

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

is the largest bank in Japan, which was established on January 1, 2006, with the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and UFJ Bank Ltd. The bank serves as the core retail and commercial banking arm of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group....

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He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, and European Finance Review.

He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford

Exeter College, Oxford

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Books

• Principles of Corporate Finance with Stewart C. Myers
  Stewart Myers
  Stewart Clay Myers is the Robert C. Merton Professor of Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is notable for his work on capital structure and innovations in capital budgeting and valuation, and has had a "remarkable influence" on both the theory and practice of corporate...
  
   and Franklin Allen
  Franklin Allen
  Franklin Allen is the Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with Stewart Myers and Alan Marcus

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.