We examine the effect of the introduction of Morningstar's Sustainability Rating in March 2016 on U.S. mutual equity fund flows. Using panel regressions, propensity score matching, and an event study methodology we find strong and robust evidence that retail investors shift money away from...

This paper studies variance risk premiums in the credit market. Using a novel data set of swaptions quotes on the CDX North America Investment Grade index, we find that returns of credit variance swaps are negative and economically large. Shorting credit variance swaps yields an annualized...

This paper investigates the role of incomplete investor information in financial innovations. By analyzing the information that structured product issuers provide to the investors of those products, we find that issuers have an information advantage over investors regarding two important...