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The Changing of the Boards: The Impact on Firm Valuation of Mandated Female Board Representation

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, vol. 127(1): 137-197.

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2012

Kenneth R. Ahern and Amy K. Dittmar

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - The Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Network Centrality and the Cross Section of Stock Returns

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 07 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2013

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Information Networks: Evidence from Illegal Insider Trading Tips

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 18 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Lost in Translation? The Effect of Cultural Values on Mergers Around the World

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 117, No. 1, 2015

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015

Kenneth R. Ahern, Daniele Daminelli and Cesare Fracassi

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, Politecnico di Milano - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Texas at Austin

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The Importance of Industry Links in Merger Waves

Journal of Finance, 2014, vol. 69(2): 527-576.

Number of pages: 159 Posted: 14 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016

Kenneth R. Ahern and Jarrad Harford

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of Washington

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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? The Redistribution of Wealth Caused by Rent Control

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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? The Redistribution of Wealth Caused by Rent Control

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 27 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 23 May 2022

Kenneth R. Ahern and Marco Giacoletti

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Marshall School of Business

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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? The Redistribution of Wealth Caused by Rent Control

NBER Working Paper No. w30083

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 30 May 2022 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2022

Kenneth R. Ahern and Marco Giacolleti

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department

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Who Writes the News? Corporate Press Releases During Merger Negotiations

Journal of Finance, Vol. 69, No. 1, 2014

Number of pages: 98 Posted: 16 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2014

Kenneth R. Ahern and Denis Sosyura

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Arizona State University

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Rumor Has It: Sensationalism in Financial Media

Review of Financial Studies, 2015, vol. 28(7): 2050-2093

Number of pages: 140 Posted: 14 May 2013 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016

Kenneth R. Ahern and Denis Sosyura

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Arizona State University

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Sample Selection and Event Study Estimation

Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol. 16, No. 3, June 2009

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2012

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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M&As: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Journal of Applied Finance, 2007, vol. 17(1): pp. 5-20.

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Jun 2012

Kenneth R. Ahern and J. Fred Weston

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area

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Peer Effects in Risk Aversion and Trust

Review of Financial Studies, 2014, vol. 27(11): 3213-3240.

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016

Kenneth R. Ahern, Ran Duchin and Tyler Shumway

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, Boston College - Carroll School of Management and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, The Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Bargaining Power and Industry Dependence in Mergers

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 103, No. 3, 2012

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2012

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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The Importance of Psychology in Economic Activity: Evidence from Terrorist Attacks

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The Importance of Psychology in Economic Activity: Evidence from Terrorist Attacks

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2018

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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The Importance of Psychology in Economic Activity: Evidence from Terrorist Attacks

NBER Working Paper No. w24331

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2022

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Q-Theory and Acquisition Returns

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2010

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Do Proxies for Informed Trading Measure Informed Trading? Evidence from Illegal Insider Trades

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Do Proxies for Informed Trading Measure Informed Trading? Evidence from Illegal Insider Trades

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 09 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2018

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Do Proxies for Informed Trading Measure Informed Trading? Evidence from Illegal Insider Trades

NBER Working Paper No. w24297

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 26 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 23 May 2021

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Do Common Stocks Have Perfect Substitutes? Product Market Competition and the Elasticity of Demand for Stocks

Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, vol. 96(4): 756-766.

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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The Conglomerate Network

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The Conglomerate Network

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 07 May 2021

Kenneth R. Ahern, Lei Kong and Xinyan Yan

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and University of Dayton

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The Conglomerate Network

NBER Working Paper No. w28837

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 24 May 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021

Kenneth R. Ahern, Lei Kong and Xinyan Yan

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and University of Dayton

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The Business of City Hall

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The Business of City Hall

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 19 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 10 May 2021

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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The Business of City Hall

NBER Working Paper No. w28805

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 May 2021 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2022

Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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The Role of Media in Financial Decision-Making

Handbook of Financial Decision Making, Editors Gilles Hilary and David McLean, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Aug 2022

Kenneth R. Ahern and Joel Peress

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and INSEAD - Finance

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Kenneth R. Ahern

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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