by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services

20 Mar 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Sell Side School Ties

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher J. Malloy; Financial Services

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

the authors of Channels of Influence, by Harvard Business School Associate Professors Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy, and Umit G. Gurun, an associate professor at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

unionized while others do not? “It turns out there was something that happened in the 1930s that set the rank of unionization in place across states in the United States, and that rank has stayed roughly the same ever since,” says Lauren... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

An old adage says that it's not what you know, it's whom you know. But outsiders can take heart: even for those who don't belong to a high-power social network, there's power in simply keeping track of who went to school with whom. Associate Professors View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

Social networks matter for more than just efficient Internet communication. They're also crucial for the strong performance of stock recommendations by analysts, according to researchers at Harvard Business School and the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

Working PapersHiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, Christopher Malloy Abstract We test the hypothesis that firms appoint independent... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light

a significant number of non-practicing entities acquire patents for the sole purpose of coercing companies, mostly technology firms, into paying licensing or settlement fees (whether justified or not). Are NPEs friend or foe? New research coauthored View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

that the prices are right, because they usually are," says Harvard Business School finance professor Lauren H. Cohen, who serves as an editor of Management Science.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

Pharmaceutical regulators around the world tend to speed through drug applications in December and before major national holidays, according to new research that might raise questions about COVID-19 vaccines and other treatments under review. A study View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

which can be large in some cases. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-054.pdf The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

http://www.ftpress.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0132779781 Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

gathering tasks. We use the framework and examples of successful research studies in the nancial reporting literature to clarify how data-gathering choices affect a study’s ability to achieve its goals and conclude by showing how the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development of specialized expertise, while the benefits of greater breadth are linked to the economies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

alleviate congestion, and can actually increase it. Research by Jillian Berry Jaeker, Anita L. Tucker, and Michael H. Lee. Applying Random Coefficient Models to Strategy Research: Testing For Firm... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

these suits are being brought by nonpracticing entities (NPEs), firms that don’t actually generate products, but collect massive amounts of patent portfolios. Lauren H. View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 1

http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-03109-0 Sell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy, and Andrea Frazzini... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2023
Case

Diamond Standard

By: Lauren H. Cohen, Zhaoheng Gong and Grace Headinger

Cormac Kinney, Founder and CEO of Diamond Standard, was on a mission to transform the U.S. diamond market through unlocking the precious gems as market-traded assets. As a serial FinTech entrepreneur, he hoped to add an additional service to his vault: Carats. The... View Details

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June 2018
Background Note

Introduction to Life Settlements

By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Jiahua Xu

Life insurance is an asset owned by the majority of American adults (61%). Note that this 61% penetration rate is essentially at parity with home ownership (64%) and higher than that of 401(k) retirement account ownership (53%). Life settlements, or life insurance... View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Assets; Value; Markets; Investment Return

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