Shai Bernstein

Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

Boston, MA 02163

United States

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1.

Attracting Early Stage Investors: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 185, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 14-17
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 May 2014 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2015
Shai Bernstein, Arthur G. Korteweg and Kevin Laws
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and AngelList
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Angel investors, early stage firms, entrepreneurship, crowdfunding, theory of the firm, portfolio selection, correspondence testing

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Private Equity and Industry Performance

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Private Equity and Industry Performance

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 10-045, AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2011
Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Strömberg
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and Swedish House of Finance
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Private Equity and Industry Performance

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 06/2014-023, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 14-25
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Jul 2014
Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Strömberg
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and Swedish House of Finance
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Private Equity and Industry Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w15632
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2022
Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Strömberg
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and Swedish House of Finance
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Does Going Public Affect Innovation?

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Does Going Public Affect Innovation?

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 17 May 2012 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2012
Shai Bernstein
Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Does Going Public Affect Innovation?

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 18 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2014
Shai Bernstein
Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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going public, innovation

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The Impact of Venture Capital Monitoring

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Dec 2015
Shai Bernstein, Xavier Giroud and Richard R. Townsend
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Venture Capital, Monitoring, Innovation, Agglomeration

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The Operational Consequences of Private Equity Buyouts: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry

Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 156
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2014
Shai Bernstein and Albert Sheen
Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Oregon - Department of Finance
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Private Equity, Management Practices, Operational Performance, Restaurant Industry, Franchisees

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The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds

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The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 09-112, FEEM Working Paper No. 25.2009
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 31 Mar 2009
Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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investments, public finance, private equity, general finance, countries & regions, financial services

The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds

NBER Working Paper No. w14861
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2022
Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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The Dance Between Government and Private Investors: Public Entrepreneurial Finance around the Globe

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The Dance Between Government and Private Investors: Public Entrepreneurial Finance around the Globe

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 26 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2022
Jessica Bai, Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev and Josh Lerner
Harvard University, Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Venture capital, subsidy, industrial policy

The Dance between Government and Private Investors: Public Entrepreneurial Finance Around the Globe

NBER Working Paper No. w28744
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 03 May 2021 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2023
Jessica Bai, Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev and Josh Lerner
Harvard University, Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis

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Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Oct 2019
Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Filippo Mezzanotti
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Kellogg School of Management - Department of Finance
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Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis

NBER Working Paper No. w23626
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023
Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Filippo Mezzanotti
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Kellogg School of Management - Department of Finance
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Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups

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Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 08 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 23 May 2023
Shai Bernstein, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
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Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups

NBER Working Paper No. w27907
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 07 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Shai Bernstein, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
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Do Startups Benefit from Their Investors' Reputation? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Darden Business School Working Paper No. 4036022
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2022
Shai Bernstein, Kunal Mehta, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), AngelList LLC, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
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Venture Capital, Startup Labor Market, Human Capital, Job Search, Randomized Field Experiment, Certification Effect

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Asset Allocation in Bankruptcy

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Asset Allocation in Bankruptcy

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 119 Posted: 11 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2018
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli and Benjamin Charles Iverson
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brigham Young University
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capital allocation, bankruptcy, liquidation, fire sales

Asset Allocation in Bankruptcy

NBER Working Paper No. w23305
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 03 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli and Benjamin Charles Iverson
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brigham Young University
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The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets

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The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 19-061, Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 19-061, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 19-13
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 19 Dec 2018
Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev and Josh Lerner
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w25414
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 31 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2023
Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev and Josh Lerner
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Bankruptcy Spillovers

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Bankruptcy Spillovers

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-17-16, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-19
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Feb 2017
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Xavier Giroud and Benjamin Charles Iverson
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and Brigham Young University
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Bankruptcy Spillovers

NBER Working Paper No. w23162
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Xavier Giroud and Benjamin Charles Iverson
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and Brigham Young University
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Who Creates New Firms When Local Opportunities Arise?

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 21 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2020
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Davide Malacrino and Timothy McQuade
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, International Monetary Fund and Stanford University
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Do Startups Benefit from Their Investors’ Reputation? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

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Do Startups Benefit from Their Investors’ Reputation? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 22-060, Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 22-060, Darden Business School Working Paper No. 4060288
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Mar 2022
Shai Bernstein, Kunal Mehta, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), AngelList LLC, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
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venture capital, startup labor market, human capital, job search, randomized field experiment, certification effect

Do Startups Benefit from Their Investors’ Reputation? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w29847
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2023
Shai Bernstein, Kunal Mehta, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Independent Researcher, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
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Do Household Wealth Shocks Affect Productivity? Evidence from Innovative Workers During the Great Recession

NBER Working Paper No. w24011
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023
Shai Bernstein, Timothy McQuade and Richard Townsend
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Stanford University and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy

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Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 30 May 2023
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Mitchell Hoffman and Benjamin Charles Iverson
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Brigham Young University
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bankruptcy, small businesses, behavioral firms, information frictions, stigma

Life after Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy

NBER Working Paper No. w30933
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Mitchell Hoffman and Benjamin Charles Iverson
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Brigham Young University
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Who Creates New Firms When Local Opportunities Arise?

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Who Creates New Firms When Local Opportunities Arise?

IMF Working Paper No. 18/215
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 16 Oct 2018
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Davide Malacrino and Timothy McQuade
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, International Monetary Fund and Stanford University
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Brazil, Commodities, Western Hemisphere, Entrepreneurship, Firms, Financial Development

Who Creates New Firms When Local Opportunities Arise?

NBER Working Paper No. w25112
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 01 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Davide Malacrino and Timothy McQuade
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, International Monetary Fund and Stanford University
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The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w30797
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 26 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Shai Bernstein, Rebecca Diamond, Abhisit Jiranaphawiboon, Timothy McQuade and Beatriz Pousada
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University
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The Effects of Public and Private Equity Markets on Firm Behavior

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 14, pp. 295-318, 2022
Posted: 10 Nov 2022
Shai Bernstein
Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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