Jess Cornaggia

Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance

Professor of Finance

University Park, PA 16802

United States

http://https://directory.smeal.psu.edu/jnc29

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1.

Does Banking Competition Affect Innovation?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 13 May 2014
Jess Cornaggia, Yifei Mao, Xuan Tian and Brian Wolfe
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Cornell University - SC Johnson College of Business - Finance Department, Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance and University of Texas at San Antonio
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Banking competition, Innovation, Access to finance, External finance dependence, Mergers and acquisitions, Economic growth

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Credit Ratings across Asset Classes: A Long-Term Perspective

Review of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 15 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2018
Jess Cornaggia, Kimberly Cornaggia and John Hund
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and University of Georgia
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Credit Ratings, Credit Standards, Rating Agency, Ratings Comparability, Regulatory Capital

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Crowding Out Banks: Credit Substitution by Peer-To-Peer Lending

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 18 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2019
Jess Cornaggia, Brian Wolfe and Woongsun Yoo
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, University of Texas at San Antonio and Central Michigan University
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Financial Intermediation, Banking, Peer-To-Peer Lending, FinTech, Marketplace Lending, Crowdfunding, Security Registration

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Estimating the Costs of Issuer-Paid Credit Ratings

Review of Financial Studies 26(10) 2229-2269
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2014
Jess Cornaggia and Kimberly Cornaggia
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance
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Corporate Debt, Credit Ratings, NRSROs, Information Intermediary, Capital Markets Regulation

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Credit Ratings and the Cost of Municipal Financing

Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming.
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 01 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2017
Jess Cornaggia, Kimberly Cornaggia and Ryan D. Israelsen
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Michigan State University - Department of Finance
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Credit Ratings, NRSRO, Blind Reliance, Municipal Debt, Information Production, Capital Markets Regulation

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Does Access to External Finance Improve Productivity? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 99, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2014
Alexander W. Butler and Jess Cornaggia
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance
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economic growth, access to finance, banking, natural experiment, productivity, crop yields, ethanol

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Revolving Doors on Wall Street

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2015
Jess Cornaggia, Kimberly Cornaggia and Han Xia
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
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Credit Ratings, Capital Markets Regulation, Human Capital, Regulatory Capture, Revolving Door, Credit Analysts, NRSROs, Analyst Labor Market

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Initial Public Offerings and the Local Economy

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Initial Public Offerings and the Local Economy

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2022
Jess Cornaggia, Matthew Gustafson, Jason D. Kotter and Kevin Pisciotta
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business, Brigham Young University - Department of Finance and University of Kansas - School of Business
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IPO, Economic Growth

Initial Public Offerings and the Local Economy

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 May 2022
Jess Cornaggia, Matthew Gustafson, Jason D. Kotter and Kevin Pisciotta
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business, Brigham Young University - Department of Finance and University of Kansas - School of Business
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Local Agglomerations, Employment Growth, Initial Public Offerings, Firm Ownership

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Does Regulatory Certification Affect the Information Content of Credit Ratings?

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2022
Valentina Bruno, Jess Cornaggia and Kimberly Cornaggia
American University - Department of Finance and Real Estate, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance
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Credit Ratings, NRSRO, Capital Markets Regulation, Certification

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The Value of Access to Finance: Evidence from M&A

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2018
Jess Cornaggia and Jay Y. Li
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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M&A, Access to finance, Financing synergy, Banking deregulation

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Where the Heart Is: Information Production and the Home Bias

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 03 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2022
Jess Cornaggia, Kimberly Cornaggia and Ryan D. Israelsen
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Michigan State University - Department of Finance
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Credit Ratings, Home Bias, Municipal Debt, Information Production, Capital Markets Regulation

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Corporate Financing Decisions, Managerial Market Timing, and Real Investment

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 101, No. 3, 2011
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2014
Alexander W. Butler, Jess Cornaggia, Gustavo Grullon and James Weston
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business
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Market Timing, Financing Decisions, Investment Policy

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Does Risk Management Matter? Evidence from the U.S. Agricultural Industry

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), 109 (2) 419-440, 2013
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2014
Jess Cornaggia
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance
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risk management, hedging, productivity, firm value, access to finance, risk

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College student behavior and student loan default

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 12 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2021
Jess Cornaggia, Kimberly Cornaggia and Han Xia
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
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Student loans, Default risk, Transcripts, Perseverance, Household finance

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Do Local Capital Market Conditions Affect Consumers' Borrowing Decisions?

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2020
Alexander W. Butler, Jess Cornaggia and Umit G. Gurun
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Dallas
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Peer-to-peer, Access to finance, Bank competition, Finance-growth nexus, Consumer finance, Household finance

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Choose Your Battles Wisely: The Consequences of Protesting Government Procurement Contracts

Number of pages: 106 Posted: 26 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Mehmet Canayaz, Jess Cornaggia and Kimberly Cornaggia
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance
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Bid protests, contracting, government contracts

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Rating Agency Fees: Pay to Play in Public Finance?

Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 23 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2023
Jess Cornaggia, Kimberly Cornaggia and Ryan D. Israelsen
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Michigan State University - Department of Finance
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Credit Ratings, Ratings Fees, Municipal Bonds, Bond Insurance, Information Production

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ESG Ratings Management

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 27 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2023
Jess Cornaggia and Kimberly Cornaggia
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance
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ESG, ESG Ratings, Sustainability, Greenwashing, CSR

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Government Spending and Local Demographics: Evidence from Moody's Municipal Ratings Recalibration

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Aug 2019
Jess Cornaggia, Matthew Gustafson, Ryan D. Israelsen and Zihan Ye
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business, Michigan State University - Department of Finance and University of Tennessee
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Credit ratings, Income inequality, Income distribution, Migration, Municipal finance

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Weathering Distress: Corporate Bankruptcy and Bank Competition

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 15 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2021
Jess Cornaggia, Mahsa Kaviani and Hosein Maleki
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, University of Delaware and Florida State University - College of Business
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corporate bankruptcy, bankruptcy resolution, bank competition

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The Value of Uninformative Credit Ratings

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Oct 2015
Jess Cornaggia, Kimberly Cornaggia and Timothy T. Simin
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University
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Corporate Debt, Credit Ratings, NRSROs, Information Intermediary, Capital Markets Regulation

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Equity Issues and Returns: Managerial Timing, Reaction, or Both?

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2009
Alexander W. Butler, Jess Cornaggia, Gustavo Grullon and James Weston
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business
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Does Being Private Constrain Geographic Expansion?

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 19 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2021
Jess Cornaggia, Matthew Gustafson, Jason D. Kotter and Kevin Pisciotta
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business, Brigham Young University - Department of Finance and University of Kansas - School of Business
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Initial Public Offerings, M&A, Geographic Expansion, US Census

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Partners in Wine: Entertainment and Credit Ratings

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2023
Jess Cornaggia, Feifan Jiang, Jay Y. Li, Chenyu Shan and Dragon Yongjun Tang
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Industrial Securities Co. Ltd, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Credit ratings, Entertainment expenditures, Informal Relationships

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Episodic Stability in Capital Structure: The Role of Credit Market Segmentation

Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 18-039
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 28 May 2021
Jess Cornaggia, Mahsa Kaviani, Lawrence Kryzanowski and Hosein Maleki
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, University of Delaware, Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business and Florida State University - College of Business
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capital structure stability, access to credit, credit market segmentation, credit ratings

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Natural Disasters, Financial Shocks, and Human Capital

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 18 May 2022 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2023
Jess Cornaggia, Kimberly Cornaggia and Han Xia
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
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Natural disasters, Household wealth shocks, Human Capital, Student loans, Default risk, Household finance

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Does Initial Placement Matter for Equity Analysts' Forecast Accuracy

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2011
Jess Cornaggia and Lin Zou
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Renewable Energy and Public Finance

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2023
Jess Cornaggia and Peter Iliev
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance
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Renewable energy, Municipal finance, Energy transition, Climate finance, Natural resources

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Climate Risk, Credit, and Food Security

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 25 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2023
Jess Cornaggia and Jay Y. Li
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Climate risk, Food security, Productivity, Credit, Finance

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Who Pays for Net Zero?

Number of pages: 55
Jess Cornaggia and Peter Iliev
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance
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Renewable energy, Municipal finance, Energy transition, State funding