Online Appendix to the Paper Guan, Yuyan and Li, Congcong and Lu, Hai and Wong, M.H. Franco, Regulations and Brain Drain: Evidence from Wall Street Star Analysts' Career Choices (July 30, 2018). Available at: "https://ssrn.com/abstract=3243135" https://ssrn.com/abstract=3243135

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