This paper investigates a dataset that provides information about assets heldby U.S. equity mutual funds, but are not U.S. equities (`unmapped holdings'). Ishow the widespread presence of these assets and investigate how they are usedwithin mutual fund portfolios. I find that their effects are...

This dissertation studies how the evolution of information technology could facilitate bilateral FDI activities, the channels for international R&D spillovers, and which exchange rates matter for FDI.Applying an IT-augmented gravity specification to bilateral FDI data from 1980 to 1997, the...

In the mid and late 1990s, China embarked on a path of investing in overseas upstream oil and gas assets and intensified its efforts in the latter part of the decade. Since the beginning of this decade, Chinese state oil companies have made a bigger push to expand overseas, an effort strongly...

Just over a decade ago, the phenomenal economic growth of Japan was admired and even feared. It had pursued a successful strategy of industry upgrading to catch up with the West, maximizing bank-based, state-directed financing. Ironically, the very institutional setup that was required for...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in Journal of Private Equity, published by and copyright Institutional Investor.

Internal auditing has been the focus of much attention in recent years. This study examines factors associated with U.S. public companies' investment in internal auditing. Data from a survey administered to Chief Audit Executives of mid-sized U.S. public companies were supplemented with publicly...

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