Large powerful shareholders and cash holding
We study the relationship between liquid asset holding and the pattern of share ownership and control structures within the firm. We explore these...
The lifecycle of the financial sector and other speculative industries
This paper is no longer available, the revised version of this paper can be found as Paul Woolley Centre Paper 4, FMG Discussion Paper 632
The effect of credit rationing on the shape of the competition-innovation relationship
Using a dynamic model of a step-by-step innovation race between financially constrained firms, I study how financial constraints affect innovation...
Labor Hiring, Investment and Stock Return Predictability in the Cross Section
We document that the firm level hiring rate predicts stock returns in the cross-section of US publicly traded firms even after controlling for...
Does beta move with news? Systematic risk and firm-specific information flows
This paper shows that the systematic risk (or "beta") of individual stocks increases by an economically and statistically significant amount on days...
Understanding Portfolio Efficiency with Conditioning Information
Contrary to the classic framework of passive strategies, if investors exploit return predictability through active strategies then there is a tension...
The credit crisis and the dynamics of asset backed commercial paper programs
Motivated by the credit crisis 2007-08, this paper presents a theory of "capital market banks"; banks that use derivative programs to exploit...
Banking stability measures
The recent crisis underlined that proper estimation of distress-dependence amongst banks in a global system is essential for financial stability...
Cycles, Contagion and Crises
This Special Paper is a collection of contributions to a conference on Cycles, Contagion and Crises which took place on 28-29 June 2007 at the...
An institutional theory of momentum and reversal
We propose a rational theory of momentum and reversal based on delegated portfolio management. Flows between investment funds are triggered by changes...
Foreign Bank Entry: The Stability Implications of Greenfield Entry vs. Acquisition
Banks can enter new countries either through greenfield entry or by acquiring local banks. I model the effect of a foreign bank's mode of entry on the...
Best ideas
This paper provides powerful evidence that mutual fund managers can pick stocks that outperform the market. Many have argued that the inability of...