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Using a large sample of institutional investors' private equity investments in venture and buyout funds, we estimate the extent to which investors' skill affects returns from private equity investments. We first consider whether investors have differential skill by comparing the distribution of...
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We study the relation between mutual fund managers' family backgrounds and their professional performance. Using hand-collected data from individual Census records on the wealth and income of managers' parents, we find that managers from poor families deliver higher alphas than managers from...
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Using a dataset of $17 trillion of assets under management, we document that actively-managed institutional accounts outperformed strategy benchmarks by 86 (42) basis points gross (net) during 2000–2012. In return, asset managers collected $162 billion in fees per year for managing 29% of...
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We analyze the degree to which the growing importance of sovereign wealth funds [SWFs] and the diffusion of inflation targeting and augmented Taylor rules have impacted the post crisis adjustment of Latin American Countries (LATAM) to the challenges associated with terms of trade and financial...
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We propose a model of asset management in which benchmarking arises endogenously, and analyze its unintended welfare consequences. Fund managers’ portfolios are unobservable and they incur private costs in running them. Conditioning managers’ compensation on a benchmark portfolio’s...
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We present models of asset management by the elderly. We focus on saving, spend-down of assets, and gift-giving, and the influence of health on these precesses. We also study the evolution of elderly health and the impact of economic variables on health outcomes. We present results from...
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Real estate markets are periodically plagued by excess supply, rent concessions and few arms-length transactions …
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. Subsequently, housing-price inequality has risen to pre-War levels, while rent inequality has risen less. Combining both measures …
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rent are strongly correlated with perceptions of house price risk. Households' exposure to housing risk due to financial … constraints, expected mobility or labor income risk affect the decision to buy versus rent but do not mitigate the impact of risk …
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rent level that is closer to the city of origin, relative to comparable locals. Building on “Memory, Attention, and Choice … database of experiences such as rents. The current rent cues recall of past rents, giving rise to a rental norm. A large … discrepancy between the current rent and the memory-based norm surprises and attracts the mover's attention, distorting choice …
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