Stock and bond returns since 1802 -- Risk, return, and portfolio allocation : why stocks are less risky than bonds in the long-run -- Stock indexes: proxies for the market -- The S&P 500 index: a half-century of U.S. corporate history -- The impact of taxes on stock and bond returns : stocks...

We study the effect of discrimination against Jewish managers and owners on their firms' stock during the Third Reich. The stock of firms with Jewish managers underperformed by around 5% annually, with abnormal performance persisting on average for three years until firm "Aryanization." Firms...

National cultures significantly explain cross-country differences in the relation between asset growth and stock returns. Motivated by the notion that managers in individualistic and low uncertainty-avoiding cultures have a higher tendency to overinvest, this study aims to show that the negative...