We present evidence of the impact of buy-side analysts on the behavior and performance of fund managers. Using data …. Our results show that buy-side analysts have a significant influence on trading decisions: Fund managers almost certainly …

, mutual funds managers tend to favor small capitalization stocks, past winners stocks, and low book-to-market ratio stocks …

We present evidence on the effect of social connections between workers and managers on productivity in the workplace … workers managed. We find that when managers are paid fixed wages, they favor workers to whom they are socially connected …

This paper investigates the effects of managerial incentives on favoritism in promotion decisions. First, we … theoretically show that favoritism leads to a lower quality of promotion decisions and in turn lower efforts. But the effect can be … mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for managers who decide upon promotion. Second, we analyze matched employer …