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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), June 2024
[published version] | [SSRN]
- A landmark study in which 164 independent research teams tested the same hypotheses on the same data, finding that researcher discretion introduces variation on par with standard statistical errors.
“Extremists Not on Board: Labor Market Costs to Radical Behavior in Elected Office”
With Benjamin C.K. Egerod
Journal of Politics, 85(3), July 2023
[published version] | [SSRN]
“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, March 2023
[published version] | [SSRN]
- Finalist, Best Paper Award in Investments, 2019 Asia FMA Annual Meeting
- Outstanding Paper Award 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, September 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, February 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]
- Featured in Barron’s (7/26/18), Reuters (5/18/16), Mutualfunds.com (8/10/16), Federal Register Vol 85, No 224 (11/19/20)
- Best Paper Award in Investments, 2016 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting
- Best Paper Award, 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.
Working Papers
“How Have Passive Portfolio Managers Fared in the Era of the Dramatic Rise of Passive Investing”
With Diane Del Guercio, Egemen Genc, and Jon Reuter, 2024
“Did Higher Individual Taxes Spur Firm Investment? The 2013 O’Biden Tax Increase”
With Iva Kalcheva and James Plečnik, 2024
Works in Progress
“Managerial Hiring Bias: CEOs and Executives in the C-suite”
With David Moore, Joshua Pierce, and Jason Turkiela