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作者：Malenko, Andrey; Malenko, Nadya; Spatt, Chester
作者单位：Boston College; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：We analyze how a profit-maximizing proxy advisor designs vote recommendations and research reports. The advisor benefits from producing informative, unbiased reports, but only partially informative recommendations, biased against the a priori likely alternative. Such recommendations induce close votes, increasing controversy and thereby the relevance and value of proxy advice. Our results suggest shifting from an exclusive emphasis on recommendations, highlighting the importance of both report...
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作者：Ewens, Michael; Malenko, Nadya
作者单位：Columbia University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Boston College
摘要：We explore the dynamics of venture capital (VC)-backed startup boards using novel data on director entry, exit, and characteristics. At formation, a typical board is entrepreneur-controlled. Independent directors join the median board after the second financing and hold a tie-breaking vote. Their presence is particularly likely when potential VC-entrepreneur conflicts are larger. At later stages, control switches to VCs and independent director characteristics change. These patterns align with...
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作者：Ben-David, Itzhak; Bhattacharya, Utpal; Huang, Ruidi; Jacobsen, Stacey
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Southern Methodist University
摘要：Cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) computed around acquisition announcements are widely considered to be market-based assessments of expected value creation. We show, however, that announcement returns do not correlate with commonly used and new measures of ex post outcomes. A simple characteristics-based model using standard information known at the announcement date can predict these outcomes reasonably well, yet CAR even fails to capture the predictions from this model. Evidence suggests th...
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作者：Oh, Sangmin S.; Sen, Ishita; Tenekedjieva, Ana-Maria
作者单位：Columbia University; Harvard University; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：Homeowners insurance is central to managing the rising losses from climate-related disasters. We show that insurance premiums are subject to starkly different regulations across states, creating persistent cross-subsidies and price distortions. We employ states' regulatory rules in an instrumental variable estimation and a border discontinuity design to show insurers do not adjust rates in highly regulated states and compensate by raising rates in less regulated states. Rates and risks diverge...
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作者：Di Maggio, Marco; Kalda, Ankit; Yao, Vincent
作者单位：Imperial College London; Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：We exploit an episode of plausibly random debt discharge due to the loss of paperwork for thousands of defaulted borrowers to examine the effects of private student debt relief on borrower outcomes. We find that borrowers who receive debt relief (treated) experience declines in debt balances and delinquency rates on other accounts, and increases in mobility and income relative to those who bear the costs of default like wage garnishment and collections (control). Borrowers in both groups contr...
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作者：Krishnamurthy, Arvind
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作者：Gala, Vito D.; Gomes, Joao F.; Liu, Tong
作者单位：University of Chicago; University of Pennsylvania; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
摘要：We propose a new method to estimate the marginal value of capital under minimal assumptions. By combining asset prices with fundamentals, our method provides a quasi-model-free marginal q together with a simple correction for measurement error in (average) Tobin's Q using linear regressions. Marginal q yields plausible and robust estimates of adjustment costs and investment sensitivities to fundamentals. The widening gap between marginal q and Tobin's Q is driven primarily by market power and ...
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作者：Diamond, William; Van Tassel, Peter
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：We infer risk-free rates from index option prices to estimate safe asset convenience yields in 10 G11 currencies. Countries' convenience yields increase with the level of their interest rates, with U.S. convenience yields fifth largest. During financial crises, convenience yields grow, but the difference between United States and foreign convenience yields generally does not. Covered interest parity (CIP) deviations using our option-implied rates are a similar size between the United States an...
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作者：Yin, Xiao
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University of London; University College London
摘要：Combining a randomized controlled trial with administrative and survey data, this paper shows that credit limit extensions significantly increase total spending and income expectations. By controlling for changes in personal income expectations, the spending response to credit limit extensions weakens by approximately 30%. For financially unconstrained consumers, expectation changes account for around two-thirds of the spending responses to limit extensions. These findings are consistent with ...
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作者：Olsson, Martin; Tag, Joacim
作者单位：Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
摘要：Privatization of state-owned enterprises is on the agenda across the globe. Using Swedish data covering two decades, we show that productivity gains and headcount reductions are associated with economic costs for incumbent workers. Workers experience income losses and higher unemployment, but half of the losses are covered by the social safety net. We also find small positive effects on entrepreneurship and cash holdings but no meaningful effects on other labor market, family, health, or house...
