We study the loosening of restrictions on the use of leverage, derivatives, and illiquid assets by mutual funds. In contrast to previous studies, we find that the allowance of these complex instruments is associated with poor performance and higher risk. The underperformance is most acute during...

This paper studies whether institutional investors trade on 14 well-documented stock market anomalies. We show that there is an increase in anomaly-based trading when information about the anomalies is readily available through academic publication and the release of necessary accounting data....

We examine whether firms exploit enforcement heterogeneity in response to risks and costs arising from investigations by regional Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement offices. We find that firms facing high SEC scrutiny risk are more likely to relocate outside the jurisdiction of...

We study fund-firm connections that arise when firm executives and directors serve as fund directors. We find that connected funds are significantly more likely to vote with management in proposals with negative ISS recommendations or low shareholder support. As our data shows that management...

Manuscript Type: EmpiricalResearch Question/Issue: This study examines activism campaigns where multiple activists simultaneously target the same firm—which we term clustered shareholder activism. Despite the growing influence of shareholder activism on corporate governance, the clustered...