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This paper revisits the short-termism argument by focusing on the long-term effects of hedge fund activists on firm operational performance. We find evidence that hedge fund effects are positively related to firm performance and are long-term. Moreover, such effects continue well into the...
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This paper studies the long-term effect of hedge fund activism on the productivity of target firms using plant-level information from the U.S. Census Bureau. A typical target firm improves its production efficiency in the three years after an activist intervention, and the improvements are most...
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This paper studies the long-term effect of hedge fund activism on the productivity of target firms using plant-level information from the U.S. Census Bureau. A typical target firm improves its production efficiency in the three years after an activist intervention, and the improvements are most...
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This paper studies the long-term effect of hedge fund activism on the productivity of target firms using plant-level information from the U.S. Census Bureau. A typical target firm improves its production efficiency in the three years after an activist intervention, and the improvements are most...
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Hedge-Fonds aktiv in Emerging Markets. Da der Einsatz von Leerverkäufen und Derivaten in den meisten Emerging Markets … begrenzt ist, ist es fraglich, ob Hedge-Fonds, insbesondere im Vergleich zu traditionellen Mutual-Fonds aktiv in diesen Märkten … Performance Messung. Unsere Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass einige Hedge-Fonds positive Alphas generieren, während die meisten …
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Short sellers are perceived as informed, sophisticated investors. Yet little is known about their actual performance and trading strategies. Using a novel, hand-collected data set of daily position disclosures in Europe, we identify the entry, change, and exit dates of large short-sale positions...
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