​This study examines the performance impact of the relative quality of a CEO's compensation peers (peers selected to determine a CEO's overall compensation) and bonus peers (peers selected to determine a CEO's relative-performance-based bonus). We use the fraction of peers with greater...

This study examines whether the flow volatility experienced by institutional investors affects firms' financing costs. Using Greenwood and Thesmar's (2011) stock price fragility, a proxy for firm exposure to its institutional investors' flow volatility, we find that firms with high stock price...

This study examines the performance impact of the relative quality of a CEO's compensation peers (peers selected to determine a CEO's overall compensation) and bonus peers (peers selected to determine a CEO's relative-performance-based bonus). We use the fraction of peers with greater managerial...

​This study investigates whether institutional bond blockholders (i.e., bond funds that hold more than 5% of a firm's outstanding bonds) impede firm innovative activities, and if they do, through which channels. We find that long-term bond blockholders do not discourage firms from conducting...

This study investigates whether institutional bond blockholders (i.e., bond funds that hold more than 5% of a firm's outstanding bonds) impede firm innovative activities, and if they do, through which channels. We find that long-term bond blockholders do not discourage firms from conducting...