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The Walls Have Ears: Local Information Environments and Corporate Fraud (2021)
Journal Article
Hagendorff, J., Le, N., & Nguyen, D. (2022). The Walls Have Ears: Local Information Environments and Corporate Fraud. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 54(8), 2377-2410. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.12906

This paper shows that a firm's likelihood of committing corporate fraud is affected by the local information environment. We use the density of local bank branch networks as a proxy for the local information environment. We show that denser bank bran... Read More about The Walls Have Ears: Local Information Environments and Corporate Fraud.

Forward Guidance and Corporate Lending (2021)
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Delis, M., Hong, S., Paltalidis, N., & Philip, D. (2022). Forward Guidance and Corporate Lending. Review of Finance, 26(4), 899-935. https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab027

We suggest that forward guidance, via publicly committing the central bank to future actions and creating associated expectations, fundamentally affects bank lending decisions independently of other forms of monetary policy. To test this hypothesis,... Read More about Forward Guidance and Corporate Lending.

When It Rains It Drains: Psychological Distress and Household Net Worth (2021)
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Balloch, A., Engels, C., & Philip, D. (2022). When It Rains It Drains: Psychological Distress and Household Net Worth. Journal of Banking and Finance, 143, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106620

This paper establishes a sizeable negative effect of poor mental health on individuals’ net worth. In a representative panel of U.S. households, we find that a one standard deviation (or four unit) increase in Kessler’s K6 psychological distress leve... Read More about When It Rains It Drains: Psychological Distress and Household Net Worth.

A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion (2021)
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Allen, F., Gu, X., & Jagtiani, J. (2021). A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion. Review of corporate finance, 1(3-4), 259-339. https://doi.org/10.1561/114.00000007

The intersection of finance and technology, known as fintech, has resulted in the dramatic growth of innovations and has changed the entire financial landscape. While fintech has a critical role to play in democratizing credit access to the unbanked... Read More about A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion.

Dispersion in options investors' versus analysts' expectations: Predictive inference for stock returns (2021)
Journal Article
Andreou, P., Kagkadis, A., Maio, P., & Philip, D. (2021). Dispersion in options investors' versus analysts' expectations: Predictive inference for stock returns. Critical finance review, 10(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1561/104.00000091

We create a market-wide measure of dispersion in options investors' expectations by aggregating across all stocks the dispersion in trading volume across moneynesses (DISP). DISP exhibits strong negative predictive power for future market returns and... Read More about Dispersion in options investors' versus analysts' expectations: Predictive inference for stock returns.

Institutional ownership and firms’ thrust to compete (2021)
Journal Article
Andreou, P. C., Fiordelisi, F., Harris, T., & Philip, D. (2022). Institutional ownership and firms’ thrust to compete. British Journal of Management, 33(3), 1346-1370. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12496

This article provides evidence on the impact of transient (short-term) institutional investors on a firm’s thrust to compete. A firm’s thrust to compete, as an attribute of corporate culture, captures the relative importance of corporate values that... Read More about Institutional ownership and firms’ thrust to compete.