This paper contributes to the literature by examining whether the age and gender of the firm's top executives influence market-based measures of firm risk. Using data on the S&P 1500 firms, we document that CEO and CFO age and gender have a direct effect on market-based firm risk measures in...

Investors can use leverage to increase the returns and profit of an investment. The so-called Kelly criterion is traditionally used to determine the optimal leverage factor for maximizing an investor’s absolute wealth. However, using the Kelly criterion may lead to too risky decisions for...

Using Google’s recently introduced COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports, we test the effects of stay-at-home activity on the US stock market outcomes. We argue that shocks to residential and workplaces mobility reflect stay-at-home activity and capture shocks to retail investor inattention and...

Using Google’s recently introduced COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports, we test the effects of stay-at-home activity on the US stock market outcomes. We argue that shocks to residential and workplaces mobility reflect stay-at-home activity and capture shocks to retail investor inattention and...