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Macours, Karen; Premand, Patrick; Vakis, Renos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

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Campbell, John Y; Ramadorai, Tarun; Ranish, Benjamin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Using a large representative sample of Indian retail equity investors, many of them new to the stock market, we show that both years of investment experience and feedback from investment returns have significant effects on investor behavior, favored stock styles, and performance. We identify two...

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Aggregate Idiosyncratic Volatility

Bekaert, Geert; Hodrick, Robert J; Zhang, Xiaoyan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

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Mergers, Diversification and Financial Intermediation

Toxvaerd, Flavio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This work presents an equilibrium model of diversification through merger formation. Due to moral hazard problems … interest and non-interest terms of credit). Furthermore, the model offers a rationale for diversification that is immune to the … diversification neutrality result and furthermore, explains why diversified companies trade at a discount relative to their non …

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M-form hierarchy with poorly-diversified divisions: a case of Khrushchev’s reform in Soviet Russia

Markevich, Andrei; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We test the premise of the theoretical literature that M-form political hierarchies are effective in creating yardstick competition between regional divisions only when divisions have sufficiently diversified or similar industrial composition. The reason is that the competition among...

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Home Bias at the Fund Level

Hau, Harald; Rey, Hélène - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper presents new stylized facts on the distribution of the home bias at the fund level. We find (i) a large heterogeneity in the degree of home bias across mutual funds; (ii) a positive correlation between the size of funds and home bias; and (iii) a positive correlation between the size...

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Pooling Risk Among Countries

Imbs, Jean; Mauro, Paolo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

contracts are relatively difficult to enforce. International diversification can thus yield substantial gains, but they may …

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Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment

Burgess, Robin; Pande, Rohini - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason for why poor people remain poor. This Paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion programme to provide empirical evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian central bank mandated that a commercial bank could open a...

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Household Portfolios in Italy

Guiso, Luigi; Jappelli, Tullio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

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Creditor Rights and Corporate Risk-taking

Acharya, Viral V; Amihud, Yakov; Litov, Lubomir P. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We propose that stronger creditor rights in bankruptcy reduce corporate risk-taking. Employing country-level data, we find that strong creditor rights are associated with a greater propensity of firms to engage in diversifying mergers, and this propensity changes in response to changes in the...

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