Based on the National Children’s Study of China, this study examines the relationship between children’s only-child status and prosocial behaviors. This study employed several approaches to identify the relationship between only-child status and children’s prosocial behaviors. The results...

An increasing number of studies extract credit spreads using equity options data. This inference relies on the assumption that option and credit markets are integrated. I empirically test this assumption using firm level option implied credit spreads (IS) and CDS spreads. While the IS and CDS...

As blockholders in most public firms, the "Big Three"" passive fund managers — Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street — have an outsized influence on shareholder voting. While these investors tend to vote according to management's recommendations, it is unclear whether they are overly...

This article (an updated version of a 2018 paper) analyses Patent Assertions Entities (PAEs) to determine whether they are a threat to Europe. It takes into account recent developments related to PAEs, such as legislative changes, relevant case-law, academic literature and studies, and assesses...