We analyze risk shifting by poorly performing hedge funds - and test predictions on the extent to which risk choices are related to the fund's incentive contract, investment horizon and dissemination of performance information. Consistent with theoretical arguments we find that the propensity...

We construct a broad dataset of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores for equity mutual funds based on the stocks they hold and stock-level scores from six prominent ESG data providers. We find that many ESG scores predict fund flows despite substantial disagreement among providers....

This chapter provides a perspective on the rapidly developing literature on investment performance evaluation. I use the stochastic discount factor approach to present and critique current performance measurement techniques in a unified setting. I offer a number of suggestions to improve...

The literature has not unambiguously established that a positive alpha, as traditionally measured, means that an investor would want to buy a fund. However, when alpha is defined using the client's marginal utility function, a client faced with a positive alpha would generally want to buy. When...

The literature has not unambiguously established that a positive alpha, as traditionally measured, means that an investor would want to buy a fund. However, when alpha is defined using the client's marginal utility function, a client faced with a positive alpha would generally want to buy. When...