We find that approximately 30% of financial advisers in the United States are involved in misconduct, yet only about one-third of those are detected. Advisers involved in misconduct tend to be male, work in a "toxic" environment, change firms more often, pass fewer industry exams, and have less...

Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are gaining popularity, allowing investors to trade cryptocurrencies through liquidity pools. We find that about 44% of major DEX liquidity pools are scams, resulting in approximately $1.5 billion in investor losses. Scammers display specific traits, including...

Given that corporate managers use stock prices as signals when making investment decisions, does market manipulation distort this process and impact corporate investment? We find that the increased prevalence of stock price manipulation has an economically meaningful negative effect on firms’...