Research and Publications
Babson College encourages and supports a variety of thought leadership and research activities to increase the public visibility and academic reputation of the College and its faculty, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Below is a sampling of published research, working papers and areas of research being pursued by the Babson College finance division faculty.
Featured Publications
2019 and Forthcoming
Bessembinder, H., Hao, J., Zheng, K. (2019). Liquidity Provision Contracts and Market Quality: Evidence from the New York Stock Exchange. Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming.
Bradley, D., Clarke, J., Zeng, L. (2019). The Speed of Information and the Sell-Side Research Industry. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
Décaire, P., Gilje, E.P., Taillard, J.P. (2019). Real Option Exercise: Empirical Evidence. Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming.
Goldstein, M.A., Hotchkiss, E.S. (2019). Providing Liquidity in an Illiquid Market: Dealer Behavior in U.S. Corporate Bonds. Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming.
Barardehi, Y.H., Bernhardt, D., Davies, R.J. (2019). Trade-Time Measures of Liquidity. Review of Financial Studies 31(1), 126-179.
2018
Behr, P., Kisgen, D., Taillard, J.P. (2018). Did Government Regulations Lead to Inflated Credit Ratings. Management Science 64(3), 983-1476.
2017
Bowen, D.E., Fresard, L., Taillard, J.P. (2017). What's your identification strategy? Innovation in Corporate Finance Research. Management Science 63(8), 2529-2548.
Gilje, E.P., Taillard, J.P. (2017). Does Hedging Affect Firm Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment. Review of Financial Studies 31(12), 4083-4132.
2016
Gilje, E.P., Taillard, J.P. (2016). Do Private Firms Invest Differently than Public Firms? Taking Cues from the Natural Gas Industry. Journal of Finance 71(4), 1733-1778.
Potter, M.E., Schwarz, C.G. (2016). Revisiting Mutual Fund Portfolio Disclosure. Review of Financial Studies 29, (12), 3519-3544.
2015
Bessembinder, Hao, J., H., Zheng, K. (2015). Market Making Contracts, Firm Value, and the IPO Decision. Journal of Finance 70, 1997-2028.
Recent Publications
2019 and Forthcoming
Davies, R.J., Hevert, K.T. (2019). Stay-out adjustments and multi-year regulatory rate plans. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.
Hasanhodzic, J., Kotlikoff, L. (2019). Valuing Government Obligations When Markets Are Incomplete. Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, forthcoming.
Hasanhodzic, J., Lo, A.W. (2019). On Black's Leverage Effect in Firms With No Leverage. Journal of Portfolio Management, forthcoming.
Krigman, L.A., Rivolta, M. (2019). Can non-CEO inside directors add value? Evidence from unplanned CEO turnovers. Review of Accounting and Finance, forthcoming.
Goldstein, M.A., Hotchkiss, S.E., Pedersen, D.J., (2019). Secondary Market Liquidity and Primary Market Pricing of Corporate Bonds. Journal of Risk and Financial Management 12(2), 86.
Goldstein, M.A., McCarthy, J., Orlov, A.G. (2019). The Core, Periphery, and Beyond: Stock Market Comovements among EU and Non‐EU Countries. The Financial Review 54, 5-56.
Hasanhodzic, J., Lo, A.W., Viola, E. (2019). What Do Humans Perceive in Asset Returns? Journal of Portfolio Management 45 (4), 49-60.
2018
Arbetter, T., Chang, A., Fetterer, F., Goldstein, M.A., Lynch, A.H., Zsom, A., (2018). The step-like evolution of Arctic open water. Scientific Reports 8(16902), 1-9.
2017
Goldstein, M.A., Haghdadi, N., Ma, S., MacGill, I., Pitman, A.J., (2017). Pricing the urban cooling benefits of solar panel deployment in Sydney, Australia. Scientific Reports 7 (43938).
Goldstein, M.A., Parr, C., Sturm, M. (2017). Water and life from snow: A trillion dollar science question. Water Resources Research 53 (5), 3534–3544.
2016
Jeffus, W., Krigman, L.A. (2016). IPO Pricing as a Function of your Investment Banks’ Past Mistakes: The Case of Facebook. Journal of Corporate Finance. 38, 335-344.
2015
Atanasov, V., Davies, R.J., Merrick, J.J. (2015). Financial intermediaries in the midst of market manipulation: Did they protect the fool or help the knave? Journal of Corporate Finance 34, 210-234.
Bradley, D., Kim, I., Krigman, L.A., (2015). Top VC IPO Underpricing. Journal of Corporate Finance. 31, 186-202.
Chartier, F.A., Edmunds, J.C. (2015). Latin American Economic Growth: Disparate Paths, Creditable Accomplishments. Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies. 7 (1), 21-27.
Gao, P., Hao, J., Kalcheva, I., Ma, T. (2015). Short Sales and the Weekend Effect - Evidence from Hong Kong. Journal of Financial Markets 26, 85-102.
Goldstein, M.A. (2015). Circuit Breakers, Trading Collars, and Volatility Transmission Across Markets: Evidence from NYSE Rule 80A. The Financial Review 50 (3), 459–479.
Goldstein, M.A., Goyal, A., Lucey, B.M., Muckley, C.B. (2015). The Global Preference for Dividends in Declining Markets. The Financial Review 50 (4), 575-609.
Harris, L., Kyle, A.S., Sirri, E.R. (2015). Statement of the Financial Economists Roundtable, April 2015: The Structure of Trading in Bond Markets. Financial Analysts Journal 71(6), 4.
