Publications

Allocating capital to investment projects is one of a manager’s most critical responsibilities. However, such decisions are shaped by managers’ own beliefs and risk preferences, which can differ from those of diversified shareholders. To study…

Decision makers often aim to learn a treatment assignment policy under a capacity constraint on the number of agents that they can treat. When agents can respond strategically to such policies, competition arises, complicating estimation of the…

This paper provides an economic perspective on data-driven innovation in digital products, focusing on the role of complex experiments in measuring and improving social impact. The discussion highlights how tools and insights from economics…

We study how selective exposure to information by voters impacts electoral competition between two policy-motivated candidates. Each candidate has stochastic valence that is realized after the candidates choose platforms. In our model of…

The growth of electric vehicles (EVs) has raised concerns about the disposition of their batteries once they reach the end of their life. Currently, recycling is regarded as the potential solution for retired Li-ion batteries (LIBs). However,…

Differentiating letter shapes accurately is a core competence for any reader. Are letter shapes as distinctive as they could be? The visual shapes of letters, contrary to the phonemes of spoken languages, lack a unified description — an…

We study how information disclosure concerns shape the choice of limited partners (LPs) by venture capitalists (VCs). Late-2002 court rulings prevented public LPs from providing confidentiality to investment managers. The best-performing VCs, but…

We develop a model of disclosure timing in which the firm can commit to disclose its revenues at a fixed date (a time-based disclosure policy) or after a certain number of transactions have occurred (a news arrival-based disclosure policy). We…

Hegemonic powers, like the United States and China, exert influence on other countries by threatening the suspension or alteration of financial and trade relationships. Mechanisms that generate gains from integration, such as external economies…

Long-term growth expectations are central to investment analysis and corporate valuation. Despite a dominant effect on firm value, the academic literature and practitioner conventions provide little guidance on determining this long-term growth…

Learning optimal assignment of treatments is an important problem in economics, public health, and related fields, particularly when faced with a variety of treatment strategies. The problem arises, for example, in settings where randomized…

Frailty is common among older patients; however, there is a lack of agreement on methods to diagnose and monitor frailty at point of care. The purpose of this study was to establish consensus on important, feasible, and usable domains for point-…

We quantify the representation, or presence, of characters of color in English Language Arts (ELA) instruction in the United States to better understand possible racial/ethnic emphases and gaps in literary curricula. We contribute two datasets:…

The objective of this article is to discuss the advantages of effective educational monitoring in the context of a longitudinal RCT. Intentional data collection and monitoring enables the important assessment of issues of both internal and…

We use data from TransUnion, a large U.S. credit bureau covering millions of individual consumer loans, to examine the transition to the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standard and to provide novel evidence about the impact that…

Accounting theory suggests that equity book-to-market ratios (BTM) should not exceed one if a firm’s return on equity exceeds its cost of capital or if it employs conservative accounting. Yet, BTM is above one for many firms, particularly in…

This 10th annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship (SOLE) Report provides a comprehensive analysis of Latino/a-owned businesses (LOBs), exploring a decade of growth, challenges, and future opportunities. Drawing on the 2024 Stanford Latino…

We study debt and equity valuation when investors have private information and may exhibit differences of opinion. Our model generates several predictions that are consistent with empirical evidence but difficult to reconcile with traditional…

This paper addresses the enduring challenge of bridging the gap between accounting research and its application in practice. Drawing upon insights from the 2024 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) plenary panel discussion and…

While the mechanism design paradigm emphasizes notions of efficiency based on agent preferences, policymakers often focus on alternative objectives. School districts emphasize educational achievement, and transplantation communities focus on…