When artificial intelligence becomes a central banker
Artificial intelligence is expected to be widely used by central banks as it brings considerable cost saving and efficiency benefits. However, as this...
The Supply and Demand for Data Privacy: Evidence from Mobile Apps
This paper investigates how consumers and investors react to the standardized disclosure of data privacy practices. Since December 2020, Apple has...
Granular Corporate Hedging Under Dominant Currency
This paper shows that, in a world dominated by vehicle currencies, firms engaging in international operations retain currency risk and hedge it real...
Feedback Trading and Bubbles
The paper develops a model of bubbles that can be taken to the data and explain the behavior of asset prices and their statistics. We depart from the...
Gender Promotion Gaps: Career Aspirations and Workplace Discrimination
Using a representative survey of U.S. lawyers, we document a sizeable gender gap in early partnership aspirations, which explains half of the later...
The cost of the Kakhovka Dam destruction
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023 has resulted in significant economic and environmental losses. This catastrophe impacts the lives of...
The market quality implications of speed in cross-platform trading: Evidence from Frankfurt-London microwave networks
Journal of Financial Markets, 66, 100853
Volatility and dark trading: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
The British Accounting Review, 55 (4),101171
The role of finance in improving household health
Increased access to financial services after the expansion of banks in India improved household health outcomes.
Firms’ Transition to Green: Innovation versus Lobbying
Innovation in green technologies is viewed as a crucial driver of the transition to greener modes of production and consumption. However, there is...
The legacy of cryptocurrencies
Crypto-promoters and financial authorities are split on the future of cryptocurrencies. Should crypto join the mainstream or remain in the wilderness...
Timing Complex News to Target Attention
Investors have limited and time-varying attention. These constraints are heterogeneous across investors, which can create asymmetric information and...
The gap between law and practice in gender rights
In the past century, legal reforms for women’s rights improved economic and social outcomes for women and for society as a whole around the world...
The Halting Gender Reforms in Burundi
In the sixty years since its independence Burundi has taken some steps to improve the legal standing of women in the economy and society. These steps...