We investigate the unique role and mechanisms of industry growth in firms’ risk-taking policies. We find that industry growth is negatively associated with corporate risk-taking, consistent with the prospect theory that a high-growth industry gives firms a superior external environment, which...

In this study, we examine the control and incentive mechanisms of domestic and foreign venture capital (VC) firms in China. Primary findings show that most VC firms use staged capital infusion, value reassessment based on subsequent performance, and other tools reflecting the flexible and...

We investigate the time-varying risk taking behavior of actively managed mutual funds by considering their transactions costs. Our tournament model equilibrium suggests that, while transaction costs are low, interim winner funds tend to hold more volatile portfolios than interim losers. However,...