This study examines whether foreign institutional investors (FIIs) help explain variation in corporate tax avoidance and whether mechanisms such as tax morality, investment horizon, and corporate governance underlie the relation between FIIs and tax avoidance. We find robust evidence that FIIs...

Using a comprehensive hedge fund activism dataset, we find that activist hedge funds are about 52% more likely to target firms with female CEOs compared to firms with male CEOs. We find that firm fundamentals, the existence of a “glass cliff,” gender discrimination bias, and hedge fund...

This paper investigates the performance of carry trade strategies for currencies with non-deliverable forward (NDF) contracts. We find that carry trades for currencies with NDF contracts are associated with higher Sharpe ratios compared to carry trades for currencies with deliverable forward...

Using a carefully hand–collected sample of 104 corporate bailouts from around the world, we empirically study corporate bailouts at the firm level. We classify corporate bailouts into different types and find some bailed–out firms recover better than others. First, firms that experience...

Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is an ongoing and increasingly urgent policy agenda in China, particularly in light of external pressure from international negotiations and the internal drive to enhance energy efficiency. The legal and policy developments with respect to GHG emissions in...