Digests

Informed Trading and Momentum in the Corporate Bond Market
Lifang Li, Valentina Galvani
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 6, November 2021, Pages 1773–1816, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab004

This study is the first attempt to explore the mechanism underlying the momentum effect in the corporate bond market.… Read more...

Disastrous Defaults
Christian Gouriéroux, Alain Monfort, Sarah Mouabbi, Jean-Paul Renne
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 6, November 2021, Pages 1727–1772, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfaa042

Recent events suggest that the default of a systemic entity per se may very well constitute a disaster in itself.… Read more...

Do Country-Level Creditor Protections Affect Firm-Level Debt Structure Concentration?
Kose John, Mahsa S Kaviani, Lawrence Kryzanowski, Hosein Maleki
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 6, November 2021, Pages 1677–1725, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab011

One major consideration for firms’ financing and investment decisions is the probability of an inefficient liquidation.… Read more...

Stress Tests, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
Sebastian Doerr
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1609–1637, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab007

The financial crisis of 2007/08 led to a severe recession and revealed that banks had taken on excessive risk in its run-up.… Read more...

Sovereign Credit Quality and Violations of the Law of One Price
Jacob Boudoukh, Jordan Brooks, Matthew Richardson, Zhikai Xu
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1581–1607, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab001

Numerous violations of the law of one price for financial assets (i.e.,… Read more...

The Dollar Profits to Insider Trading
Peter Cziraki, Jasmin Gider
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1547–1580, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab010

The notion that corporate insiders possess more information about their firm than outside investors plays an important role in models of financial markets.… Read more...

Hub-and-Spoke Regulation and Bank Leverage
Yadav Gopalan, Ankit Kalda, Asaf Manela
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1499–1545, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab019

Regulators often delegate monitoring to local supervisors, which can improve information collection, but can also lead to agency problems and capture.… Read more...

Access to Finance and Job Growth: Firm-Level Evidence across Developing Countries
Meghana Ayyagari, Pedro Juarros, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria, Sandeep Singh
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1473–1496, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab003

While an extensive literature exists on how finance can affect corporate investment and economic growth, comparatively little is known about the effect of finance on labor market outcomes.… Read more...

The Active World of Passive Investing
David Easley, David Michayluk, Maureen O’Hara and Talis J. Putninš
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1433–1471, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab021

Worldwide, there are approximately 43,192 publicly listed stocks but around 3.3 million indexes, many of which are related to exchange-traded funds (ETFs).… Read more...

How Much Does Size Erode Mutual Fund Performance
Jonathan Reuter, Eric Zitzewitz
Review of Finance, Volume 25, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1395–1432, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab016

The low level of performance persistence among actively managed mutual funds has led many researchers to conclude that high past returns are more likely to reflect luck than skill.… Read more...