The dynamics between coexisting experts and non-experts has important implications for online market and platform design. We study their relationship in the context of crowdfunding. While crowdfunding originated as a non-expert market, experts have become active participants. We investigate the...

We examine whether institutional investors follow each other into and out of the same industries. Our empirical results reveal strong evidence of institutional industry herding. The cross-sectional correlation between the fraction of institutional traders buying an industry this quarter and the...

A growing literature evaluates the relation between lag returns and demand by institutional investors. Given that lag returns and institutional ownership are directly observable, it is surprising that previous tests yield dramatically different conclusions. This study examines differences across...