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Publications, working papers, and works in progress are listed below. Links to published versions and SSRN drafts are added where available.
Published Articles
“Non-standard Errors”
With Albert J. Menkveld, Anna Dreber, Felix Holzmeister, Juergen Huber, Magnus Johannesson, Michael Kirchler, Sebastian Neusüß, Michael Razen, Utz Weitzel, and 332 co-authors
Journal of Finance, 79(3): 2339-2390, 2024
[published version] | [SSRN]
- Participated as one of 164 independent research teams testing common hypotheses on common data in a large-scale crowd-sourced project.
“Extremists Not on Board: Labor Market Costs to Radical Behavior in Elected Office”
With Benjamin C.K. Egerod
Journal of Politics, 85(3): 1161-1165, 2023
[published version] | [SSRN]
- A leading general-interest journal in political science
“Finding Information in Obvious Places: Work Connections and Mutual Fund Investment Ideas”
With Egemen Genc, Sara Shirley, and Jeffrey Stark
Journal of Financial Markets, 63: 100767, 2023
[published version] | [SSRN]
- Finalist, Best Paper in Investments, 2019 FMA Asia/Pacific Conference
- Outstanding Paper in Empirical Finance, 2019 Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting
“Are Directors Rewarded for Excellence? Evidence from Reputation Shocks and Career Outcomes”
With Mark Chen, Qinxi Wu, and Evgenia Zhivotova
Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 11(2), 263–313, 2022
[published version] | [SSRN]
“The Effect of Distracted Audit Committee Directors on Earnings Quality”
With Susan Elkinawy and Joshua Spizman
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 56, 1191–1219, 2021
[published version] | [SSRN]
“(Un)intended Consequences? The Impact of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Shareholder Wealth”
With Ivalina Kalcheva, James Plečnik, and Jason Turkiela
Journal of Banking & Finance, 118: 105860, 2020
[published version] | [SSRN]
“The Powers that Be: Concentration of Authority within the Board of Directors and Variability in Firm Performance”
With Jason Turkiela
Journal of Corporate Finance, 60: 101537, 2020
[published version] | [SSRN]
“Playing Favorites: Conflicts of Interest in Mutual Fund Management”
With Diane Del Guercio and Egemen Genc
Journal of Financial Economics, 128(3), 535–557, 2018
[published version] | [SSRN]
- Cited by the SEC in Fund of Funds Arrangements final rule, 85 FR 73924 (11/19/2020); featured in Barron’s (7/26/2018), MutualFunds.com (8/4/2016), Reuters (5/18/2016)
- Best Paper in Investments, 2016 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting
- Best Paper in Analytical Excellence, 2015 Academy of Financial Services Annual Meeting
Book Chapter
“Institutional Investor Activism”
With Diane Del Guercio
In Socially Responsible Finance and Investing, edited by H. Kent Baker and John Nofsinger, 359–380. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. (pdf chapter)
Working Papers
“Did Higher Individual Taxes Spur Firm Investment? The 2013 O’Biden Tax Increase” (under review at Journal of Accounting and Public Policy)
With Iva Kalcheva and James Plečnik, 2026
“Have Passive Managers Benefited from the Dramatic Rise of Passive Investing?”
With Diane Del Guercio, Egemen Genc, and Jon Reuter, 2026
“Oral Exams in Finance Education: Performance, Placement, and Perceptions”
With David Moore and David Offenberg