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[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “The Importance of Trust for Investment: Evidence from Venture Capital” by University of Bologna’s Laura Bottazzi, Tilburg’s Marco Da Rin, and Oxford’s Thomas Hellmann, an article in Issue 29(9) for September 2016. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on… Read More »Trust, But Verify…in Venture Capital

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Payout Policy: Evidence from Index Thresholds” by Rice University’s Alan Crane and James Weston and DePaul University’s Sébastien Michenaud, an article in Issue 29(6) for June 2016. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article… Read More »Ownership and Corporate Financial Policy: Separating Causation from Correlation

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Investment” by Purdue University’s Huseyin Gulen and University of Arizona’s Mihai Ion, an article in Issue 29(3) for March 2016. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press web site for RFS.]… Read More »A New Look at the Financial Consequences of Economic Policy Uncertainty

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “Financing Constraints and the Amplification of Aggregate Downturns” by Daniel Carvalho of the University of Southern California, an article in Issue 28(9) for September 2015. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press web site for… Read More »Understanding the Mechanics of Contagion in Financial Markets

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “Confusion of Confusions: A Test of the Disposition Effect and Momentum” by The Ohio State University’s Justin Birru, an article in Issue 28(7) for July 2015. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press web site… Read More »Can We Always Invest Like Mr. Spock, and Not Homer Simpson?

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “Human Capital as an Asset Class Implications from a General Equilibrium Model” by Vanderbilt University’s Miguel Palacios. This paper is from Issue 28 (4) for April 2015. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on Oxford University Press web site for RFS.] As… Read More »Non-Marketable Assets and Capital Market Equilibrium – Redux

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring forthcoming or recent papers at the journal. This editorial features “Strategic Investment and Industry Risk Dynamics” by Cecilia Bustamante of the University of Maryland and London School of Economics. It is the lead article in Issue 28 (2) for February 2015. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the… Read More »Wherefore Art Thou (Corporate) Peer?

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring forthcoming or recent papers at the journal. This editorial features “No News is News: Do Markets Underreact to Nothing?” by the University of Chicago Booth’s Stefano Giglio and Kelly Shue, lead article in Issue 27 (12) for December 2014. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press… Read More »The Curious Incident of the Absence of News…and How it Matters for Prices

[This is the second of a new series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring forthcoming or recent papers at the journal. This editorial features “Tail Risk and Asset Prices,” by Chicago-Booth’s Bryan Kelly and Michigan State University’s Hao Jiang, lead article in Issue 27(10). It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press web site for RFS.] The global… Read More »Tail Risk is Not Crash Risk…or Is It?

[This is the first of a new series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring forthcoming or recent papers at the journal. This editorial features “The Labor Market for Bankers and Regulators,” by The Wharton School’s Vincent Glode and the University of Washington’s Philip Bond, Issue 27(9). It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press web site for… Read More »Finance’s Other Bosses?