This paper aims to examine the impact of the determinants of profit forecast by companies on the level of detail of information published by the leaders. It analyzes the contribution of publications to reduce information asymmetry between managers and investors. From a sample of 50 companies...

What is the role of gender in the serial founding of VC-backed startups? Despite robust evidence linking serial entrepreneurship to startup success, women comprise 13.3% of VC-backed founders but only 4% of those founding three or more startups. Using a novel design comparing men and women...

We examine how cybercrime impacts victims' risk-taking and returns. The results from our difference-in-differences analysis of a sample of victim and matched non-victim investors on the Ethereum blockchain are in line with prospect theory and suggests that victims increase their long-term total...

We examine the private information held by nonbank lenders in leveraged loan syndications. In these transactions, lead banks gather information about participant demand through bookbuilding and use it to adjust loan spreads. An upward spread adjustment during bookbuilding strongly predicts the...

How analyst coverage may affect corporate innovation remains unclear. We suggest that when the manager is myopic due to pressure from financial analysts and decides to reduce innovation, the firm should retain better innovation projects and forego worse projects. Accordingly, the average value...

Despite prior research documenting that firms led by narcissistic executives experience numerous detrimental effects, narcissists are more promotable, enjoy longer tenures, and earn higher compensation than their peers. These outcomes suggest firms accrue some benefits from executive narcissism....