1. On patience, recovery, and market expectations

   • Heinz Zimmermann

   EditorialNotes Pages: 299 - 302

2. Neo-liberalism in Latin America: A return to the past?

   • Werner Baer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 315

3. Hedge funds: All that glitters is not gold — Seven questions for prospective investors

   • Rolf Banz
   • Renaud de Planta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 316 - 336

4. Swiss corporate bankruptcy rates, 1911–2000: Building a time series

   • David Cosandey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 357

5. Riding the hat curve — Why shareholders should tender their shares in fixed price tender repurchase programs

   • Marc-Olivier Lücke
   • Daniel Pindur

   OriginalPaper Pages: 358 - 377

6. The tax deferral effect as a result of an investment in zero bonds: The case of Switzerland

   • Jonas Misteli
   • Hanspeter Wohlwend

   OriginalPaper Pages: 378 - 392