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Journal Article
Testing Agency Theory With Entrepreneur Effort and Wealth
March 2, 2005
We apply agency theory to an entrepreneurial setting by augmenting the standard principal-agent framework.We then test the model’s implications using unique data on entrepreneurial effort and wealth in privately held firms. In the model, a risk-averse entrepreneur seeking financing wishes to sell part of his equity stake to outside investors concerned with moral hazard.
Journal Article
Momentum Crashes
September 1, 2016
A momentum strategy is a bet that past returns will predict future returns in the cross-section of assets, and is typically implemented by buying past winners and selling past losers.
Working Paper
More Banks, Less Crime? The Real and Social Effects of Bank Competition
January 13, 2005
Using a unique sample of commercial loans and mergers between large banks, this paper provides microlevel (within-county) evidence linking credit conditions to economic development and finds a spillover effect on crime.
Working Paper
The Returns to Entrepreneurial Investment: A Private Equity Premium Puzzle?
November 24, 2009
Entrepreneurs tend to concentrate investments in private equity. However, research shows that private equity returns are generally no higher than the market return on all publicly traded equity. We delve into explanations for this here.
Journal Article
Fact, Fiction and Momentum Investing
September 23, 2014
Momentum is the phenomenon that securities that have performed well relative to peers (winners) on average continue to outperform, and securities that have performed relatively poorly (losers) tend to continue to underperform.
Journal Article
Value and Momentum Everywhere
June 1, 2013
We find consistent value and momentum return premia across eight diverse markets and asset classes, and a strong common factor structure among their returns.
Working Paper
Trading Costs
August 23, 2018
Using live trade data from a large institutional money manager over a 19-year period, we find actual trading costs to be an order of magnitude smaller than previous studies suggest.
White Paper
A New Core Equity Paradigm
March 1, 2013
Combining successful investing styles to magnify their effects represents a new paradigm in active equity-portfolio management. Core Equities integrates value, momentum and profitability styles to offer a more persistent, systematic approach.
Journal Article
Investing with Style
January 2, 2015
Investors are bombarded with a variety of investment strategies and alternatives from an ever-growing and increasingly complex financial industry, each claiming to improve returns and reduce risk.
Working Paper
How Tax Efficient Are Equity Styles?
July 1, 2011
We explore the after-tax performance, tax exposure and tax efficiency of commonly used equity-style portfolios. We focus on equity styles based on size, value, growth and momentum, well known within the cross-sectional return landscape.