Learning about the Consumption Risk Exposure of Firms

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We structurally estimate an investment-based asset pricing model, where firms’ exposure to macroeconomic risk

Delayed Crises and Slow Recoveries

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We present a rational expectations model of credit-driven crises In our model econ-omy, banks can operate in two

Political Connections, Competition, and Innovation: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Chinese Firms

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This paper studies the causal impact of political connections on innovation Using a unique hand-collected data se

Search, Screening and Sorting

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We investigate the effect of search frictions on labor market sorting by constructing a model which is in line

Meetings and Mechanisms

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There exists a lot of variation in terms of how buyers and sellers meet, both across sectors and over time as

The Legal Origins of Financial Development: Evidence from the Shanghai Concessions

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We assemble new data on the British and French concessions in Shanghai between 1845 and 1936 to assess the lega

The Allocation of Talent and Financial Development, 1897 to 1936

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We examine how the supply of talent affected financial development, based on a historical experiment that abruptly

Partisan Depositor Responses to a Currency Shock

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Depositor responses to a large currency shock vary depending on political views Triggered by a combination of ec

Estimation of a Structural Break Point In Linear Regression Models

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This study proposes a point estimator of the break location for a one-time structural break in linearregression m

Q-Theory of Investment Revisited: Merton's q

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An option pricing framework is utilized to estimate firms’ market value of assets, which are thenused to co