Using previously unexplored custodial data, we examine the use of alternative investment vehicles(AVs) in private equity over four decades. By 2017, AVs reached 40% of all PE commitments.Average AV performance matches the PE market, but underperforms the main funds of thepartnerships sponsoring...

Based on a sample of university students, we provide field and laboratory evidence that a small scale training intervention has both a statistically and economically significant effect on subjective and objective assessments of financial knowledge. We show also that the intervention increases...

Based on a sample of university students, we provide field and laboratory evidence that a small scale training intervention has a both statistically and economically significant effect on subjective and objective assessments of financial knowledge. We also show that for a large part of students...