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Sell-Side School Ties

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Lauren Cohen *
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Andrea Frazzini
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Christopher J. Malloy
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01574.xdelete
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We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data on the educational background of sell-side analysts and senior corporate officers, we find that analysts outperform by up to 6.60% per year on their stock recommendations when they have an educational link to the company. Pre-Reg FD, this school-tie return premium is 9.36% per year, while post-Reg FD it is nearly zero. In contrast, in an environment that did not change selective disclosure regulation (the U.K.), the school-tie premium is large and significant over the entire sample period.
Keywords:
ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS
EARNINGS FORECASTS
SECURITY ANALYSTS
CAREER CONCERNS
REGULATION FD
SMALL WORLD
INVESTMENT
PERFORMANCE
STOCK
RETURNS
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Journal of Finance cover
Journal of Finance
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Harvard University
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National Bureau of Economic Research
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