We find that capital flows to hedge funds in different countries are influenced by the strength and the enforcement of investor protection laws in these countries. Hedge funds that are located in weak investor protection countries exhibit a greater sensitivity of investor outflow to poor...

We show that managerial learning from stock prices can lead to feedback loop vulnerability: liquidity-induced trading can impose a negative externality on the firm's investment decisions, inducing liquidity unconstrained investors to sell their stock holdings. Interestingly, overconfident...

The literature suggests that while decentralized decision-making can allow for greater specialization in an organization, it heightens the cost of coordinating decisions. The mutual fund industry – in particular, sole- and team-managed balanced funds – provides an ideal setting to test the...