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Common Errors: How to (and Not to) Control for Unobserved Heterogeneity

Review of Financial Studies, 2014, 27(2), 617-61, AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020

Todd A. Gormley and David A. Matsa

Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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A Female Style in Corporate Leadership? Evidence from Quotas

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 09 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2012

David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Playing It Safe? Managerial Preferences, Risk, and Agency Conflicts

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2016

Todd A. Gormley and David A. Matsa

Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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CEO Compensation and Corporate Risk: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), 2013, 56(2-3), pp. 79-101., AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2014

Todd A. Gormley, David A. Matsa and Todd T. Milbourn

Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School

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Competition and Product Quality in the Supermarket Industry

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2010

David A. Matsa

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Citation 82

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The Big Three and Board Gender Diversity: The Effectiveness of Shareholder Voice

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The Big Three and Board Gender Diversity: The Effectiveness of Shareholder Voice

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 714/2020, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 25 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023

Todd A. Gormley, Vishal K. Gupta, David A. Matsa, Sandra Mortal and Lukai Yang

Washington University in St. Louis, University of Alabama - Department of Management, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration and Texas A&M International University

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The Big Three and Board Gender Diversity: The Effectiveness of Shareholder Voice

NBER Working Paper No. w30657

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 21 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023

Todd A. Gormley, Vishal K. Gupta, David A. Matsa, Sandra Mortal and Lukai Yang

Washington University in St. Louis, University of Alabama - Department of Management, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration and Texas A&M International University

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Labor Unemployment Risk and Corporate Financing Decisions

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 449-470 (2013)

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 29 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 20 May 2018

Ashwini K. Agrawal and David A. Matsa

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Capital Structure as a Strategic Variable: Evidence from Collective Bargaining

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2014

David A. Matsa

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership

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Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership

RAND Working Paper No. WR-842

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Apr 2011

David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership

American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2011

David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Growing Out of Trouble? Corporate Responses to Liability Risk

Review of Financial Studies, 2011, 24(8), pp. 2781-2821., 2009 Western Finance Association Conference Paper

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2014

Todd A. Gormley and David A. Matsa

Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Citation 133

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Unemployment Insurance as a Housing Market Stabilizer

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Unemployment Insurance as a Housing Market Stabilizer

American Economic Review, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2017

Joanne W. Hsu, David A. Matsa and Brian Melzer

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Institute for Social Research (ISR), Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business

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Positive Externalities of Social Insurance: Unemployment Insurance and Consumer Credit

NBER Working Paper No. w20353

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023

Joanne W. Hsu, David A. Matsa and Brian Melzer

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Institute for Social Research (ISR), Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business

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Why Do Firms Use High Discount Rates?

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 22 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2015

Ravi Jagannathan, David A. Matsa, Iwan Meier and Vefa Tarhan

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, HEC Montreal - Department of Finance and Loyola University of Chicago - School of Business Administration

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Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2010

Michael L. Anderson and David A. Matsa

U.C. Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Running on Empty? Financial Leverage and Product Quality in the Supermarket Industry

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Forthcoming, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper, 9th Annual Texas Finance Festival Paper

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2010

David A. Matsa

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Heterogeneous Labor Market Effects of Monetary Policy

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 21-02

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2021

Nittai Bergman, David A. Matsa and Michael Weber

Tel Aviv University - Berglas School of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Finance

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Does Malpractice Liability Keep the Doctor Away? Evidence from Tort Reform Damage Caps

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2010

David A. Matsa

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Locked in by Leverage: Job Search during the Housing Crisis

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Locked in by Leverage: Job Search during the Housing Crisis

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2017

Jennifer Brown and David A. Matsa

University of Utah - Department of Finance and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Locked in by Leverage: Job Search During the Housing Crisis

NBER Working Paper No. w22929

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2023

Jennifer Brown and David A. Matsa

University of Utah - Department of Finance and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Workforce Reductions at Women-Owned Businesses in the United States

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Workforce Reductions at Women-Owned Businesses in the United States

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2013

David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Workforce Reductions at Women-Owned Businesses in the United States

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 67, No. 2, 2014

Posted: 18 Apr 2014

David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Inclusive Monetary Policy: How Tight Labor Markets Facilitate Broad-Based Employment Growth

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Inclusive Monetary Policy: How Tight Labor Markets Facilitate Broad-Based Employment Growth

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 22-02, Fama-Miller Working Paper , University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-03

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2022

Nittai Bergman, David A. Matsa and Michael Weber

Tel Aviv University - Berglas School of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Finance

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Inclusive Monetary Policy: How Tight Labor Markets Facilitate Broad-Based Employment Growth

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-03

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Jan 2022

Nittai Bergman, David A. Matsa and Michael Weber

Tel Aviv University - Berglas School of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Finance

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Inclusive Monetary Policy: How Tight Labor Markets Facilitate Broad-Based Employment Growth

CESifo Working Paper No. 9512

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Jan 2022

Nittai Bergman, David A. Matsa and Michael Weber

Tel Aviv University - Berglas School of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Finance

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Inclusive Monetary Policy: How Tight Labor Markets Facilitate Broad-Based Employment Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w29651

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2023

Nittai Bergman, David A. Matsa and Michael Weber

Tel Aviv University - Berglas School of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Finance

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Inclusive Monetary Policy: How Tight Labor Markets Facilitate Broad-Based Employment Growth

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16876

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Feb 2022

Nittai Bergman, David A. Matsa and Michael Weber

Tel Aviv University - Berglas School of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago - Finance

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Dual Credit Markets: Income Risk, Household Debt, and Consumption

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Dual Credit Markets: Income Risk, Household Debt, and Consumption

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Jul 2023

David A. Matsa, Brian Melzer and Michał Zator

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business

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Dual Credit Markets: Income Risk, Household Debt, and Consumption

NBER Working Paper No. w32858

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 26 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2024

David A. Matsa, Brian Melzer and Michal Zator

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of Notre Dame

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Do Male Workers Prefer Male Leaders? An Analysis of Principals’ Effects on Teacher Retention

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 24 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2024

Aliza N. Husain, David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

University of Virginia - The Curry School of Education, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Restaurants, Regulation, and the Supersizing of America

Regulation, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2010

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Oct 2010

Michael L. Anderson and David A. Matsa

U.C. Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Boarding a Sinking Ship? An Investigation of Job Applications to Distressed Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w18208

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 10 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022

Jennifer Brown and David A. Matsa

University of Utah - Department of Finance and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Capital Structure and a Firm's Workforce

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Capital Structure and a Firm's Workforce

NBER Working Paper No. w25125

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2023

David A. Matsa

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Capital Structure and a Firm's Workforce

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 10, pp. 387-412, 2018

Posted: 08 Nov 2018

David A. Matsa

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Did Board Gender Quotas Break the Glass Ceiling in Europe?

AEA Papers and Proceedings, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Feb 2025

David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Who Votes for Medicaid Expansion? Lessons from Maine's 2017 Referendum

NBER Working Paper No. w25109

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023

David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Do Male Workers Prefer Male Leaders? An Analysis of Principals' Effects on Teacher Retention

NBER Working Paper No. w25263

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023

Aliza N. Husain, David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

University of Virginia - The Curry School of Education, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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