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    • Does sophistication affect long-term return expectations? Evidence from financial advisers' exam scores 

      Kaustia, Markku; Lehtoranta, Antti; Puttonen, Vesa (2013-01-22)
      We use unique data fromfinancial advisers’ professional exam scores and combine it with other variables to create an index of financial sophistication. Using this index to explain long-term stock return expectations, we ...
    • Entrepreneurial Spawning: Experience, Education, and Exit 

      Cumming, Douglas; Walz, Uwe; Werth, Jochen Christian (2016-02-29)
      We investigate the career dynamics of high-tech entrepreneurs by analyzing the exit choice of entrepreneurs: to act as a business angel, to found another firm, or to become dependently employed. Our detailed data from ...
    • Governance in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Venture Capitalists vs. Technology Parks 

      Cumming, Douglas; Werth, Jochen Christian; Zhang, Yelin (2017-03-09)
      We argue two alternative routes that lead entrepreneurial start-ups to acquisition outcomes instead of liquidation. On one hand, acquisitions can come about through the control route with external financers such as venture ...
    • Inside the ESG Ratings: (Dis)agreement and Performance 

      Billio, Monica; Costola, Michele; Hristova, Iva; Latino, Carmelo; Pelizzon, Loriana (2020-07-31)
      We analyze the ESG rating criteria used by prominent agencies and show that there is a lack of a commonality in the definition of ESG (i) characteristics, (ii) attributes and (iii) standards in defining E, S and G components. ...
    • Insight Private Equity 

      Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai (2013-06-18)
      We are able to shed light on the black box of restructuring tools private equity investors use to improve the operational performance of their portfolio companies. By building on previous work considering performance ...
    • OTC Discount 

      de Roure, Calebe; Mönch, Emanuel; Pelizzon, Loriana; Schneider, Michael (2020-12-08)
      We document a sizable OTC discount in the interdealer market for German sovereign bonds where exchange and over-the-counter trading coexist: the vast majority of OTC prices are favorable with respect to exchange quotes. ...
    • OTC Discount 

      de Roure, Calebe; Mönch, Emanuel; Pelizzon, Loriana; Schneider, Michael (2021-10-08)
      We document a sizable OTC discount in the interdealer market for German sovereign bonds where exchange and over-the-counter trading coexist: the vast majority of OTC prices are favorable compared to exchange quotes. This ...
    • Performance Benefits of Tight Control 

      Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai (2013-06-18)
      This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity ...
    • Spillover Effects among Financial Institutions: A State-Dependent Sensitivity Value-at-Risk Approach 

      Adams, Zeno; Füss, Roland; Gropp, Reint E. (2012-09-01)
      In this paper, we develop a state-dependent sensitivity value-at-risk (SDSVaR) approach that enables us to quantify the direction, size, and duration of risk spillovers among financial institutions as a function of the ...
    • The Influence of Leveraged Buyouts on Target Firms’ Competitors 

      Grupp, Marcel; Rauch, Christian; Umber, Marc P.; Walz, Uwe (2015-04-01)
      This paper analyzes the influence Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) have on the operating performance of the LBO target companies’ direct competitors. A unique and hand-collected data set on LBOs in the United States in the period ...