We examine whether financial advisors with pre-advisor criminal records pose a greater risk to investors than those without. We find that financial advisors with pre-advisor criminal records are more likely to receive future customer complaints. Their complaints are more likely to receive...

We ask whether credit rating agencies receive higher fees and gain greater market share when they provide more favorable ratings. To investigate this question we use the 2010 rating scale recalibration by Moody's and Fitch, which increased ratings absent any underlying change in issuer credit...

Korean Abstract: 본 연구는 신용평가정보가 주식시장에서 갖는 영향을 검증하기 위하여 국내 유가증권시장과 코스닥시장 상장기업의 신용등급 보유가 해당 기업 주식의 수익률 및 변동성에 미치는 영향을 분석한다. 주식분석과...

Korean Abstract: 신용등급은 기업의 미래 현금흐름과 위험을 예측하는 정보를 제공하고 기업의 내재가치를 반영하여 금융거래 시 비대칭정보인 차입기업의 위험유형을 선별하고 통제하는 기능을 수행한다. 본 연구는...

This paper examines whether employees involved in RMBS securitization experienced internal and external labor market consequences relative to similar non-RMBS employees in the same banks, and why. Senior RMBS bankers experienced similar levels of job retention, promotion, and external job market...

Financial technology (‘FinTech') is transforming finance and challenging its regulation at an unprecedented rate. Two major trends stand out in the current period of FinTech development. The first is the speed of change driven by the commoditization of technology, Big Data analytics, machine...

The Dodd-Frank Act shifted regulatory jurisdiction over “mid-size” investment advisers from the SEC to state-securities regulators. Client complaints against mid-size advisers increased relative to those continuing under SEC oversight by 30%-40% of the unconditional probability. Complaints...

The VCT scheme offers large tax breaks (worth around 38.4% of the amount subscribed) to encourage UK taxpayers to invest in start-up companies. Taking account of deadweight and other effects, the scheme currently costs close to £1 in tax subsidies per additional £1 invested in eligible venture...

Prominent policy makers assert that managerial short-termism was at the root of the subprime crisis of 2007-2009. Prior scholarly research, however, largely rejects this assertion. Using a more comprehensive measure of CEO incentives for short-termism, we uncover evidence that short-termism...