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The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

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Lauren Cohen
Andrea Frazzini
Christopher Malloy

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This paper uses social networks to identify information transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on connected firms and perform significantly better on these holdings relative to their nonconnected holdings. A replicating portfolio of connected stocks outperforms nonconnected stocks by up to 7.8 percent per year. Returns are concentrated around corporate news announcements, consistent with portfolio managers gaining an informational advantage through the education networks. Our results suggest that social networks may be important mechanisms for information flow into asset prices. (c) 2008 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved..

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Volume (Year): 116 (2008)
Issue (Month): 5 (October)
Pages: 951-979
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  2. Lauren Cohen & Andrea Frazzini & Christopher Malloy, 2008. "Sell Side School Ties," NBER Working Papers 13973, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Jennifer Huang & Clemens Sialm & Hanjiang Zhang, 2009. "Risk Shifting and Mutual Fund Performance," NBER Working Papers 14903, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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