Evidence indicates that private equity funds, unlike mutual funds, deliver persistent abnormal returns and that the top performing funds are often oversubscribed. Why do private equity funds appear to leave money on the table, rather than increasing fund size? We argue that private equity funds...

The first empirical analysis of Zions Bancorporation's 2006 and 2007 auctions of Employee Stock Option Appreciation Rights Securities (ESOARS), this study examined (1) the impact of auction rules on bidding strategies and allocations, (2) the efficiency of the auction clearing prices, and (3)...

We study a significant innovation with widespread consequences for the mutual fund industry: The introduction of multiple-class funds that give investors a choice among alternative load and fee structures. The transition to a multiple-class structure represents an important step in the evolution...

The increasing presence of women in executive positions has fostered interest in understanding how men and women fare in the managerial labor market. We examine gender differences in managerial job mobility by focusing on managers displaced (almost 90%) when their firms are acquired. Comparing...

How do firms respond to a regulatory induced increase in managerial entrenchment? We use the staggered passage of Universal Demand (UD) laws as a natural experiment with which to answer this question. Universal demand laws insulate managers from derivative litigations, thereby entrenching them...

In the 1990s, many load funds introduced additional share classes that give investors the choice of paying back-end loads and/or annual fees instead of front-end loads. The transition to a multiple-class structure provides a well-controlled setting for research with regard to investor clienteles...

In the 1990s, a large majority of funds with front-end loads introduced additional share classes, which allowed investors to pay annual fees and/or back-end charges instead of a front-end load. The transition to a multiple-class structure provides a natural experiment with regard to investor...

We examine the extent to which a fund's cash flows are affected by the stellar performance of other funds in its family - and consequences of such spillovers. We show that star performance results in greater cash inflow to the fund and to other funds in its family. Moreover, families with higher...

Prior literature argues that stock-for-stock mergers are often financed by overvalued stock. How do a target's institutional owners trade when faced with a stock-financed bid, particularly one from an acquirer more likely to be overvalued? If institutional owners perceive the acquirer's stock as...