Low cost, high performance and environmentally friendly lubricants are needed for modern industrial development. Here, the high-yield carbon dots (CDs) were rapidly prepared by the aldol condensation reaction. The size of the CDs was less than 10 nm, with discrete and quasi-spherical morphology....

We examine how sell-side equity analysts strategically disclose information of differing quality to the public versus the buy-side mutual fund managers to whom they are connected. We consider cases in which analysts recommend that the public buys a stock, but some fund managers sell it. We...

More trading is algorithmic or computer generated, and in markets where it is allowed, high frequency. However, what happens when there is an algorithmic trading error? This study attempts to answer that question by examining the August 16, 2013, fat‐finger trade in Chinese equity and equity...

We derive an equilibrium price that converges to be strong-form informationally efficient in the original Grossman-Stiglitz model (1980). Specifically, we show that when the private signal converges to be perfect or traders converge to be risk neutral, there exists a unique overall equilibrium...

This study investigates how exchange-traded fund (ETF) activity affects the informational efficiency of its underlying stocks in the Chinese market which has several different features from developed markets. We show that increased ETF ownership improves stock liquidity and attracts informed...