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- 2016
- Working Paper
Liquidity Transformation in Asset Management: Evidence from the Cash Holdings of Mutual Funds
By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
We study liquidity transformation in mutual funds using a novel dataset on their cash holdings. To provide investors with claims that are more liquid than the underlying assets, funds engage in substantial liquidity management. Specifically, they hold substantial... View Details
Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam. "Liquidity Transformation in Asset Management: Evidence from the Cash Holdings of Mutual Funds." Harvard Business School Project on Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Working Paper, No. 2016-01, July 2016. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22391, July 2016.)
- Article
Risk and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
By: Mark Seasholes, Radu Burlacu, Patrice Fontaine and Sonia Jimenez-Garces
This paper mathematically transforms unobservable rational expectation equilibrium model parameters (information precision and supply uncertainty) into a single variable that is correlated with expected returns and that can be estimated with recently observed data. Our... View Details
Keywords: Risk Premiums; Cross-sectional Asset Pricing; REE Models; Risk and Uncertainty; Asset Pricing; Investment Return
Seasholes, Mark, Radu Burlacu, Patrice Fontaine, and Sonia Jimenez-Garces. "Risk and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns." Journal of Financial Economics 105, no. 3 (September 2012): 511–522.
- Spring 2013
- Article
Accounting Quality, Stock Price Delay, and Future Stock Returns
By: Jeffrey Callen, Mozaffar N. Khan and Hai Lu
In frictionless capital markets with complete information and rational investors, stock prices adjust to new information instantaneously and completely. However, a substantial body of research studies information imperfections such as asymmetric information and... View Details
Callen, Jeffrey, Mozaffar N. Khan, and Hai Lu. "Accounting Quality, Stock Price Delay, and Future Stock Returns." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 269–295.
- 15 Feb 2011
- News
Who will blink in Genzyme, Sanofi price talks?
- 07 Apr 2020
- Video
Uncovering and Pricing Climate Risk in Long-Term Investments
- 2020
- Article
Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability
By: George Serafeim
Combining corporate sustainability performance scores based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data with big data measuring public sentiment about a company’s sustainability performance, I find that the valuation premium paid for companies with strong... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment Management; Investment Strategy; Big Data; Machine Learning; Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance; Performance; Asset Pricing; Investment; Management; Strategy; Human Capital; Public Opinion; Value; Analytics and Data Science
Serafeim, George. "Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability." Financial Analysts Journal 76, no. 2 (2020): 26–46.
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
Last year, the pioneering Black-owned global asset management firm Brown Capital Management found itself at a crossroads. The secret to its success had been a deliberately diverse hiring strategy, but with the looming retirement of its... View Details
- 1994
- Chapter
Foreign Direct Investment in Eastern Europe: Some Economic Considerations
By: K. Froot
Keywords: Markets; Asset Pricing; Corporate Finance; Market Imperfections; Foreign Direct Investment; Europe
Froot, K. "Foreign Direct Investment in Eastern Europe: Some Economic Considerations." In The Transition in Eastern Europe (Restructuring). Vol. 2, edited by O. Blanchard, K. Froot, and J. Sachs, 293–318. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
- 1995
- Chapter
The Informational Role of Asset Prices: The Case of Implied Volatility
By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton
Bodie, Zvi, and Robert C. Merton. "The Informational Role of Asset Prices: The Case of Implied Volatility." Chap. 6 in The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, by D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano, 197–224. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- December 1991
- Article
Intrinsic Bubbles: The Case of Stock Prices
By: Kenneth A. Froot and M. Obstfeld
Keywords: Rational Expectations; Equities; Fundamentals; Behavioral Finance; Price Bubble; Stocks; Information; Asset Pricing
Froot, Kenneth A., and M. Obstfeld. "Intrinsic Bubbles: The Case of Stock Prices." American Economic Review 81, no. 5 (December 1991): 1189–1214. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 3091, March 1992. Reprinted in Speculation and Financial Markets, edited by M. Taylor and L. Gallagher. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.)
- 31 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Stock Price Synchronicity and Material Sustainability Information
- June 2008
- Article
'Thar' She Blows: Can Bubbles Be Rekindled with Experienced Subjects?
By: Reshmaan Hussam, David Porter and Vernon Smith
We report 28 new experiment sessions consisting of up to three experience levels to examine the robustness of learning and “error” elimination among participants in a laboratory asset market and its effect on price bubbles. Our answer to the title question is: “yes.”... View Details
Hussam, Reshmaan, David Porter, and Vernon Smith. "'Thar' She Blows: Can Bubbles Be Rekindled with Experienced Subjects?" American Economic Review 98, no. 3 (June 2008): 924–937.
- January–February 1976
- Article
Option Pricing When Underlying Stock Returns are Discontinuous
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Option Pricing When Underlying Stock Returns are Discontinuous." Journal of Financial Economics 3 (January–February 1976): 125–144. (Chapter 9 in Continuous-Time Finance.)
- 25 Sep 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Invest in Information or Wing It? A Model of Dynamic Pricing with Seller Learning
- October 1984 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
At the T. Rowe Price Trading Desk (A)
By: Andre F. Perold
Describes the events surrounding the sale of a particular large block of a thinly traded stock. Brings the situation to the point at which the seller has received an offer, and must now decide what to do. View Details
Perold, Andre F. "At the T. Rowe Price Trading Desk (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-041, October 1984. (Revised July 2003.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Contagious Anomalies
By: Angela Ma and Miles Zheng
This paper shows that anomaly strategy contagion contributes a key component of risks induced by arbitrageur trading. We present three main findings: (1) Contagion deteriorates the market liquidity of the contaminated strategy. (2) Increased contagion risk predicts... View Details
Ma, Angela, and Miles Zheng. "Contagious Anomalies." Working Paper, 2023.
- March 1995
- Article
Tests of Conditional Mean-Variance Efficiency of the U.S. Stock Market
By: C. Engel, J. Frankel, Kenneth A. Froot and T. Rodrigues
Keywords: Risk Aversion; Risk; International Investing; CAPM; Capital Asset Pricing; International Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Asset Pricing; Financial Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Behavioral Finance; United States
Engel, C., J. Frankel, Kenneth A. Froot, and T. Rodrigues. "Tests of Conditional Mean-Variance Efficiency of the U.S. Stock Market." Journal of Empirical Finance 2 (March 1995). (Revised from NBER Working Paper Nos. 2890, March 1989 and 4292, March 1993, "Conditional Mean-Variance Efficiency of the U.S. Stock Market," March 1993.)