The Investor's Shelf — one person
Aswath Damodaran
Kerschner Family Chair Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business
His valuation textbooks and freely published datasets are the default reference used across academia, banking and investing.
12 books of their own · 65 articles
Books they wrote 12
· 1997 · Open Library lists the title as "Corporate finance".
Peter L. Bernstein · 1998 · Co-edited volume with Peter L. Bernstein.
· 2024 · Open Library lists the title as "Corporate Lifecycle", year 2023.
Research papers 57
- A COVID Diary: Searching for Investment SerenityNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2020
- Value Investing: Requiem, Rebirth or ReincarnationNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2020
- The Value of ESG: Doing Good or Sounding Good?NYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2020
- Country Risk: The 2020 EditionNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2020
- Equity Risk Premiums: The 2020 EditionNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2020
- The Big Market Delusion: Valuation and Investment ImplicationsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2020
- The Equity Risk Premium: The 2015 EditionNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2015
- Country Risk: The 2015 EditionNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2015
- Tesla: Anatomy of a Run UpNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2014
- The Equity Risk Premium: The 2014 EditionNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2014
- The Equity Risk Premium: The 2013 EditionNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2013
- Equity Risk Premiums (ERP) 2012NYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2012
- Equity Risk Premiums (ERP) 2011NYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2011
- Equity Risk Premiums: Post-Crisis EditionNYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2009
- Valuing Financial Service Firms (2009 edition)NYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2009
- Valuing Declining and Distressed Companies (2009 edition)NYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2009
- The Equity Risk Premium (2008 edition)NYU Stern working paper / SSRN, 2008
- Valuing Commodity and Cyclical CompaniesNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing Young and Start-up CompaniesNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing Emerging Market CompaniesNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing Companies with Intangible AssetsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing the Octopus: The Multinational, Multibusiness CompanyNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Leases, Debt and ValueNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Estimating Riskfree RatesNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing Multiple Claims on EquityNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- The Origins of GrowthNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Measuring Returns: ROE, ROC and ROICNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- A Survey Paper on ValuationNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Simulations, Decision Trees and Scenario Analysis: Probabilistic Approaches to RiskNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Value at Risk (VaR)NYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- To Hedge or Not to Hedge? That Is the QuestionNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Exploiting Risk: A Strategic View of Risk ManagementNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Marketability and Value: The Illiquidity DiscountNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- The Value of Cash, Cross Holdings and Other Non-operating AssetsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- The Value of ControlNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Employee Stock Options, Restricted Stock and ValueNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- The Value of SynergyNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Value and Risk: Beyond BetasNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Measuring Company Risk Exposure to Country RiskNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Dividends and TaxesNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Information Transparency and Value: Can You Value What You Cannot See?NYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing Distressed FirmsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- The Dark Side of ValuationNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Real Option Applications in Corporate Finance and ValuationNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing Private FirmsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing Financial Service FirmsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuing AcquisitionsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Valuation Multiples: First PrinciplesNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Estimating Risk ParametersNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Dealing with Operating LeasesNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Dealing with R&D ExpensesNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Financing InnovationsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Beyond DividendsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Value Enhancement: Back to BasicsNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Into the Abyss: What If Nothing Is Riskfree?NYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- A New Risky World Order: Unstable Risk Premiums and Implications for PracticeNYU Stern working paper / SSRN
- Comatose Markets: What If Liquidity Is Not the Norm?NYU Stern working paper / SSRN
Op-eds 1
- ESG Is Beyond Redemption: May It RIPFinancial Times, 2023
Articles and essays 7
- Damodaran Online: Data (free industry datasets, updated annually)NYU Stern School of Business, 2026
- Damodaran Online: Research and Working PapersNYU Stern School of Business, 2026
- Uber Isn't Worth $17 BillionFiveThirtyEight, 2014
- Making sense of Apple's rollercoaster rideCNN / Financial Times, 2013
- Unlike the US tax code, Apple is completely rationalCNN / Financial Times, 2013
- Was Facebook's botched IPO a conspiracy?CNN, 2012
- Musings on Markets (blog archive, 2008-present)Musings on Markets