Conventional meta-analyses of correlations are biased due to the correlation between the estimated correlation and its standard error, Simulations that are closely calibrated to match actual research conditions widely seen across correlational studies in psychology corroborate these biases and...

Shareholder activism constitutes an increasingly prominent feature of corporate governance landscape. There is a controversy in prior research over whether and how much value activism creates. We examine whether estimates of the impact of shareholder activism are published selectively in prior...