responds more to increases in shareholders' return performance than to decreases. Further, this asymmetry is stronger when …

Using responses obtained through the Nielsen Homescan panel survey, we explore the differences between managers' and … non-managers' expectations and perceptions of inflation and unemployment. By and large, managers and non-managers exhibit … information provided in a randomized control trial. Finally, the inflation expectations of managers deviate systematically from …

In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where … management quality - measured using a new survey tool - is strongly correlated with financial and clinical outcomes such as … a greater number of neighboring hospitals) is positively correlated with increased management quality, and this …

We study the (lack of) anchoring of inflation expectations in New Zealand using a new survey of firms. Managers of … Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a fact which we document along a number of dimensions. Managers are unaware of the identities of …

"anchored" expectations, the inflation expectations of U.S. managers appear far from anchored, much like those of households …. And like households, U.S. managers are largely uninformed about recent aggregate inflation dynamics or monetary policy …