Tor-Erik Bakke, Laura Casares Field, Hamed Mahmudi, and Aazam Virani ♦ We study the impact of a principles-based regulatory approach to female board representation, requiring firms to disclose a gender diversity policy or explain its absence. Post-regulation, firms respond with…
Hyeyoon Jung, Joao A.C. Santos, and Lee Seltzer ♦ We propose a new approach to estimate banks’ credit exposures to transition risks that combines sectoral effects of climate policies from general equilibrium (GE) models with historical information on loans’ default…
Youchang Wu and Xuanyu Bai ♦ We examine the effect of private equity buyouts on environmental performance of U.S. fossil fuel power plants. Output-scaled CO2 emissions are, on average, 4.2% lower after buyouts, predominantly because of fuel-saving improvements in production…
Sunil Wahal and Albert Y. Wang ♦ We measure flow diversification in mutual funds using the cross-sectional correlation of daily flows across investor clienteles. Greater flow diversification is associated with lower future flow volatility, smaller subsequent outflows, and lower cash…
George Pennacchi is retiring and will step down as a Managing Editor of the journal effective September 1, 2026. He will continue to handle his assigned manuscripts in process or in R&R status, but will not handle any new submissions…
Andrés Alonso-Robisco, José Manuel Carbó, Pedro Jesús Cuadros-Solas, and Jara Quintanero ♦ This paper investigates the impact of open banking on the dynamics of fintech firms. Using a unique dataset of Spanish fintech firms from 2014 to 2022, we exploit…
