Excited to talk about my new work with Nadya Malenko Nadya Malenko (UMich) about startup board structure and power allocation. Boards of directors of VC-backed startups guide strategy, facilitate new financings and vote on exit decisions. 1/13 osf.io/preprints/soca…

Nadya and Andrey Malenko and I are organizing the next Finance Theory Group conference. The topic is bridging theory and empirical research in finance. The announcement is here: ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/j…

Institutional investors rely heavily on customized recommendations from proxy advisors. Customization helps funds express their ideologies and allocate attention effectively, from Edwin Hu, Nadya Malenko, and Jonathon Zytnick nber.org/papers/w32559

At recent FTG conference, Itay Goldstein, Gregor Matvos, Adriano Rampini, & Toni Whited 😷 discuss writing good papers, common mistakes made by authors, and expectations for referee reports.  A must-watch for anyone doing research in finance! youtu.be/pv-VWgtLSks

Shareholder push for environmental, social, and governance practices meets political backlash. New research explores how markets and political processes interact, from Robin Döttling, Doron Y. Levit, Nadya Malenko, and @r_jmagda nber.org/papers/w32605

Another fantastic meeting of the Finance Theory Group Group at NYU-Stern. Many thanks to the organizers Cecilia Parlatore, Yiming Ma, and Jane for putting together such a great program, and to Nadya Malenko for leading the panel discussions! Pics 👇