This paper investigates similarities and differences between developed and less developed countries in international technology diffusion. We measure international technology spillovers in trade, patents, and in disembodied forms. We find that all countries benefit from foreign technology....

We explore the relationship between sibling sex composition, gender inequality and girls' locus of control. Among girls aged 10-15 in China, girls with brothers score lower in locus of control than girls with sisters, i.e., they believe that success depends more on external forces than on their...

The increased equity lending supply (ELS) in the equity loan market, available for short sellers to borrow, exposes a firm to greater short selling threats. Considering short sellers’ strong incentives to uncover firm-specific information and monitor managers, we hypothesize that short selling...