Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVS) and tenosynovitis, the latter more commonly called
giant cell tumor (GCT) of tendon sheath, are well-described entities in the pathological (1, 2, 5…

We use contract negotiation data to study how leverage affects the interaction between firms
and an important nonfinancial stakeholder, labor unions. Consistent with the idea that …

Classical performance attribution methods do not explicitly assess managers’ dynamic
allocation skill in the factor domain. The authors propose a generalized framework for …

The value premium's persistence and magnitude run counter to the behavioral explanation
of the value anomaly. How can investors continue to make the same widely recognized …

Scientific knowledge concerning effective preventive measures to preserve and protect the
health of the public continues to grow exponentially. Methods for assessing the impact of …

Leverage affects the relative bargaining power between firms and labor unions and,
consistent with this, we find that unions are more likely to engage in a strike during contract …

How does the market value “toxic” structured-credit securities? We study the valuation of
what is possibly the most toxic of all toxic assets: the equity tranche of a collateralized debt …

Manager incentives are viewed as being better aligned with those of shareholders when
they have an ownership stake in the firms they manage. However, manager ownership can …

… *Myers is a PhD student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. I would like to
thank … I welcome any and all comments at brett.myers@anderson.ucla.edu. All errors are my …

The fabrication of precision optical surfaces has undergone a revolution in recent years. The
first purpose of this paper is to present case studies of novel optical designs not previously …