investment decisions. If managers find customer demand forecasts a more direct and less noisy signal of investment opportunities … than stock prices, managers may shift some weight away from stock prices when making investment decisions. Using novel hand …

Although China tends to be an important topic in election campaigns, the consequences of this rhetoric have not been … systematically examined. We highlight the process by which China uses campaign rhetoric to make inferences about the intentions of … assessments. In turn, three patterns define Chinese policy toward new administrations: proactive engagement when campaign rhetoric …