This paper exploits the MeToo movement to study the role of sexism on sexual crime. Measuring the local sexist attitude toward women by the Google search index and a machine learning technique, we show that the number of documented sexual crimes increases in areas with lower sexism. Channel...

We examine whether international equity mutual-fund managers shift their portfolios toward stocks with higher financial reporting quality during periods of high political uncertainty. Our study is motivated by two primary factors. First, prior research shows evidence of fund managers' “flight...

Using the firm-level data over 1989-2012 from 53 countries, we find religiosity in a country is positively associated with trade credit use by local firms. Specifically, after controlling for firm- and country-level factors as well as industry and year effects, we show that trade credit use is...