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We show a long-lasting association between a common societal phenomenon, early-life family disruption, and investment …
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We show that early-life family disruption (death or divorce of a parent) causes fund managers to be more risk averse …-treated managers. This effect is most pronounced for managers who experienced family disruption during their formative years or who had …
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This paper investigates the role of birth order on managerial behavior using rich data on familial background of US mutual fund managers. We find that managers who are born later in the sibling hierarchy take on more investment risks relative to first-born managers, but perform worse. Motivated...
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This paper studies the effect of new fund flows on investment behavior and the resulting equilibrium price of risk. The Small Fund Industry model shows equilibria with overinvestment in unprofitable and underinvestment in profitable investment opportunities. The Large Fund Industry model derives...
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We study the impact of green investors on stock prices in a dynamic equilibrium model where investors are green, passive or active. Green investors track an index that progressively excludes the stocks of the brownest firms; passive investors hold a value-weighted index of all stocks; and active...
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