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efficacy in reducing the risk of hospitalization for heart failure (hHF) or cardiovascular (CV…

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evaluate their investment decisions. Mutual fund managers are often rewarded based on their …

Recently, several academic theories have expressed concern over the growth of index funds.
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We find that stock price crash risk is positively associated with lagged equity lending fee and
fee risk. This positive relation is stronger for the stocks with a lower short interest level and …

We show that firms with higher stock liquidity engage less in extreme (ie, overly aggressive
or overly conservative) tax avoidance. The effect of stock liquidity on tax avoidance is …

In the rst essay, In this paper, I examine how the connections between activist hedge funds
and other institutional investors a ect the activist campaigns. I identify a positive causal e ect …

We find that stock price crash risk is positively related to lagged equity lending fee and fee
risk. This relation is stronger for the stocks with larger prior returns, consistent with bubble-like …

Somatic mutations in apple commonly develop into viable bud sports that can be propagated
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… 2, 2018), available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2693145 (finding that higher passive
ownership is associated with more vigorous hedge fund activism in seeking director positions…

… 2, 2018), available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2693145 (finding that higher passive
ownership is associated with more vigorous hedge fund activism in seeking director positions…