We find no evidence that hedge funds manipulate stock prices from 2011 to 2019, while confirming the stock price manipulation pattern previously documented between 2000 and 2010. Stocks held by hedge funds exhibit positive abnormal returns and then reversals at quarter-end in the earlier period;...

Whenever inflation rears its head, the call soon comes to raise interest rates. The rationale is simple. Higher interest rates put a damper on the supply of money. And this monetary clamp slows inflation. It’s so intuitive that it must be true. Or is it? As the Reverend Brooke observes, it...

Financial Education courses required for high school graduation make a difference in students' future financial lives. Given that schools exercise local control, there are a variety of types of courses offered and required by US high schools. It remains unclear why and where this variation...