We investigate an informal yet important mechanism in the private equity industry that helps to reduce uncertainty: relationship building. Based on a large sample of private equity funds over the 1980-2010 period, we find that the general partners strategically allocate good funds to loyal...

We propose testing the joint and marginal power of characteristics in predicting returns via a dynamic trading strategy (e.g., Kyle, 1985). The analysis finds that most characteristics (88%) fail to supply independent information. Indeed, removing these subsumed characteristics significantly...

Government subsidies are often used to stimulate environment-friendly investment. We find that Chinese firms reduce green investment as the uncertainty of subsidies rises. This effect is identified from weather-driven fluctuations in air pollution that lead to fluctuations in subsidy...

This paper investigates the influence and mechanism of border effects within a city on the coordinated development of the regional economy by combining a quasi-natural experiment in China’s municipal districts border reorganization and satellite night-time light data. We find that border...