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Alex Edmans

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First Name:Alex
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Terminal Degree:2007 (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Finance Department
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/
RePEc:edi:fdupaus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Edmans, Alex, 2023. "Applying Economics – Not Gut Feel – To ESG," CEPR Discussion Papers 17908, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  2. Edmans, Alex & Flammer, Caroline & Glossner, Simon, 2023. "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion," CEPR Discussion Papers 18137, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Atilgan, Yigit & Demirtas, Ozgur & Edmans, Alex & Gunaydin, Doruk, 2023. "Does the Carbon Premium Reflect Risk or Mispricing?," CEPR Discussion Papers 18594, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  4. Gottlieb, Daniel & Chaigneau, Pierre & Edmans, Alex, 2023. "A Theory of Fair CEO Pay," CEPR Discussion Papers 17782, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Edmans, Alex & Levit, Doron & Schneemeier, Jan, 2022. "Socially Responsible Divestment," CEPR Discussion Papers 17262, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  6. Edmans, Alex & Chaigneau, Pierre & Gottlieb, Daniel, 2021. "How Should Performance Signals Affect Contracts?," CEPR Discussion Papers 15755, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  7. Alex Edmans & Tom Gosling & Dirk Jenter, 2021. "CEO Compensation: Evidence from the Field," CESifo Working Paper Series 9162, CESifo.
  8. Edmans, Alex, 2021. "The Purpose of a Finance Professor," CEPR Discussion Papers 16845, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  9. Edmans, Alex, 2021. "When Is (Performance-Sensitive) Debt Optimal?," CEPR Discussion Papers 16433, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  10. Edmans, Alex & Fernandez, Adrian & Garel, Alexandre & Indriawan, Ivan, 2021. "Music Sentiment and Stock Returns Around the World," CEPR Discussion Papers 15756, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  11. Chaigneau, Pierre & Edmans, Alex & Gottlieb, Daniel, 2019. "The informativeness principle without the first-order approach," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 102226, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  12. Chaigneau, Pierre & Edmans, Alex & Gottlieb, Daniel, 2018. "Does improved information improve incentives?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 102227, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  13. Alex Edmans & Xavier Gabaix & Dirk Jenter, 2017. "Executive Compensation: A Survey of Theory and Evidence," CESifo Working Paper Series 6585, CESifo.
  14. Edmans, Alex & Fang, Vivian & Huang, Allen, 2017. "The Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Incentives," CEPR Discussion Papers 12305, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  15. Edmans, Alex & Holderness, Clifford, 2016. "Blockholders: A Survey of Theory and Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 11442, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  16. Gabaix, Xavier & Edmans, Alex, 2015. "Executive Compensation: A Modern Primer," CEPR Discussion Papers 10566, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  17. Edmans, Alex & Levit, Doron & Reilly, Devin, 2014. "Governance and Comovement Under Common Ownership," CEPR Discussion Papers 10119, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  18. Edmans, Alex & Xu, Moqi & Goncalves-Pinto, Luis & Wang, Yanbo, 2014. "Strategic News Releases in Equity Vesting Months," CEPR Discussion Papers 10144, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  19. Edmans, Alex & Chaigneau, Pierre, 2014. "The Generalized Informativeness Principle," CEPR Discussion Papers 10279, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  20. Edmans, Alex & Gottlieb, Daniel & Chaigneau, Pierre, 2014. "The Informativeness Principle Under Limited Liability," CEPR Discussion Papers 10143, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  21. Edmans, Alex & Fang, Vivian & Lewellen, Katharina A., 2014. "Equity Vesting and Managerial Myopia," CEPR Discussion Papers 10145, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  22. Goldstein, Itay & Edmans, Alex & Jiang, Wei, 2014. "Feedback Effects and the Limits to Arbitrage," CEPR Discussion Papers 9917, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  23. Zhang, Chendi & Edmans, Alex & Li, Lucius, 2014. "Employee Satisfaction, Labor Market Flexibility, and Stock Returns Around The World," CEPR Discussion Papers 10066, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  24. Edmans, Alex & Gottlieb, Daniel & Chaigneau, Pierre, 2014. "The Value of Informativeness for Contracting," CEPR Discussion Papers 10180, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  25. Goldstein, Itay & Edmans, Alex & Zhu, John, 2013. "Contracting With Synergies," CEPR Discussion Papers 9559, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  26. Edmans, Alex & Huang, Chong & Heinle, Mirko, 2013. "The Real Costs of Disclosure," CEPR Discussion Papers 9637, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  27. Edmans, Alex, 2013. "Blockholders and Corporate Governance," CEPR Discussion Papers 9708, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  28. Edmans, Alex & Mann, William, 2013. "Financing Through Asset Sales," CEPR Discussion Papers 9720, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  29. Edmans, Alex & Fang, Vivian W. & Zur, Emanuel, 2011. "The Effect of Liquidity on Governance," Working Papers 11-60, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Weiss Center.
  30. Philip Bond & Alex Edmans & Itay Goldstein, 2011. "The Real Effects of Financial Markets," NBER Working Papers 17719, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  31. Gabaix, Xavier & Edmans, Alex, 2010. "Risk and the CEO Market: Why Do Some Large Firms Hire Highly-Paid, Low-Talent CEOs?," CEPR Discussion Papers 7836, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  32. Gabaix, Xavier & Edmans, Alex, 2009. "Tractability in Incentive Contracting," CEPR Discussion Papers 7578, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  33. Gabaix, Xavier & Sannikov, Yuliy & Edmans, Alex & Sadzik, Tomasz, 2009. "Dynamic Incentive Accounts," CEPR Discussion Papers 7497, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  34. Bao, Jack & Edmans, Alex, 2009. "Do Investment Banks Have Skill? Performance Persistence of M&A Advisors," Working Paper Series 2009-14, Ohio State University, Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics.
  35. Alex Edmans & Xavier Gabaix & Augustin Landier, 2007. "A Calibratable Model of Optimal CEO Incentives in Market Equilibrium," NBER Working Papers 13372, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Articles

  1. Alex Edmans & Darcy Pu & Chendi Zhang & Lucius Li, 2024. "Employee Satisfaction, Labor Market Flexibility, and Stock Returns Around the World," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 70(7), pages 4357-4380, July.
  2. Alex Edmans, 2024. "Rational sustainability," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 36(2), pages 8-15, March.
  3. Edmans, Alex & Gosling, Tom & Jenter, Dirk, 2023. "CEO compensation: Evidence from the field," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(3).
  4. Alex Edmans, 2023. "Applying Economics—Not Gut Feel—to ESG," Financial Analysts Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 79(4), pages 16-29, October.
  5. Alex Edmans, 2023. "How great companies deliver both purpose and profit," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 465-469, July.
  6. Alex Edmans, 2023. "The end of ESG," Financial Management, Financial Management Association International, vol. 52(1), pages 3-17, March.
  7. Edmans, Alex & Fernandez-Perez, Adrian & Garel, Alexandre & Indriawan, Ivan, 2022. "Music sentiment and stock returns around the world," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 145(2), pages 234-254.
  8. Alex Edmans & Marcin Kacperczyk, 2022. "Sustainable Finance [A simplemodel of capital market equilibrium with incomplete information]," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 26(6), pages 1309-1313.
  9. Pierre Chaigneau & Alex Edmans & Daniel Gottlieb, 2022. "How Should Performance Signals Affect Contracts?," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 35(1), pages 168-206.
  10. Alex Edmans & Vivian W. Fang & Allen H. Huang, 2022. "The Long‐Term Consequences of Short‐Term Incentives," Journal of Accounting Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(3), pages 1007-1046, June.
  11. Alex Edmans, 2022. "The purpose of a finance professor," Financial Management, Financial Management Association International, vol. 51(1), pages 3-26, March.
  12. Alex Edmans, 2020. "Company purpose and profit need not be in conflict if we ‘grow the pie’," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(2), pages 287-294, June.
  13. Alex Edmans & Doron Levit & Devin Reilly, 2019. "Governance Under Common Ownership," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 32(7), pages 2673-2719.
  14. Alex Edmans & William Mann, 2019. "Financing Through Asset Sales," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 65(7), pages 3043-3060, July.
  15. Chaigneau, Pierre & Edmans, Alex & Gottlieb, Daniel, 2019. "The informativeness principle without the first-order approach," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 743-755.
  16. Alex Edmans & Luis Goncalves-Pinto & Moqi Groen-Xu & Yanbo Wang, 2018. "Strategic News Releases in Equity Vesting Months," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 31(11), pages 4099-4141.
  17. Chaigneau, Pierre & Edmans, Alex & Gottlieb, Daniel, 2018. "Does improved information improve incentives?," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(2), pages 291-307.
  18. Franklin Allen & Alex Edmans, 2017. "Editorial," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 21(1), pages 1-6.
  19. Alex Edmans & Vivian W. Fang & Katharina A. Lewellen, 2017. "Equity Vesting and Investment," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 30(7), pages 2229-2271.
  20. Edmans, Alex & Jayaraman, Sudarshan & Schneemeier, Jan, 2017. "The source of information in prices and investment-price sensitivity," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 126(1), pages 74-96.
  21. Alex Edmans & Mirko S. Heinle & Chong Huang, 2016. "The Real Costs of Financial Efficiency When Some Information Is Soft," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 20(6), pages 2151-2182.
  22. Alex Edmans & Xavier Gabaix, 2016. "Executive Compensation: A Modern Primer," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 54(4), pages 1232-1287, December.
  23. Alex Edmans & Itay Goldstein & Wei Jiang, 2015. "Feedback Effects, Asymmetric Trading, and the Limits to Arbitrage," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(12), pages 3766-3797, December.
  24. Alex Edmans, 2014. "Blockholders and Corporate Governance," Annual Review of Financial Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 6(1), pages 23-50, December.
  25. Alex Edmans & Vivian W. Fang & Emanuel Zur, 2013. "The Effect of Liquidity on Governance," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 26(6), pages 1443-1482.
  26. Philip Bond & Alex Edmans & Itay Goldstein, 2012. "The Real Effects of Financial Markets," Annual Review of Financial Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 4(1), pages 339-360, October.
  27. Alex Edmans & Itay Goldstein & Wei Jiang, 2012. "The Real Effects of Financial Markets: The Impact of Prices on Takeovers," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 67(3), pages 933-971, June.
  28. Alex Edmans & Xavier Gabaix & Tomasz Sadzik & Yuliy Sannikov, 2012. "Dynamic CEO Compensation," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 67(5), pages 1603-1647, October.
  29. Alex Edmans & Xavier Gabaix, 2011. "The Effect of Risk on the CEO Market," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 24(8), pages 2822-2863.
  30. Alex Edmans & Gustavo Manso, 2011. "Governance Through Trading and Intervention: A Theory of Multiple Blockholders," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 24(7), pages 2395-2428.
  31. Alex Edmans & Qi Liu, 2011. "Inside Debt," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 15(1), pages 75-102.
  32. Edmans, Alex, 2011. "Does the stock market fully value intangibles? Employee satisfaction and equity prices," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(3), pages 621-640, September.
  33. Jack Bao & Alex Edmans, 2011. "Do Investment Banks Matter for M&A Returns?," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 24(7), pages 2286-2315.
  34. Alex Edmans & Xavier Gabaix, 2011. "Tractability in Incentive Contracting," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 24(9), pages 2865-2894.
  35. Edmans, Alex, 2011. "Short-term termination without deterring long-term investment: A theory of debt and buyouts," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(1), pages 81-101, October.
  36. Alex Edmans, 2009. "Blockholder Trading, Market Efficiency, and Managerial Myopia," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 64(6), pages 2481-2513, December.
  37. Alex Edmans & Xavier Gabaix & Augustin Landier, 2009. "A Multiplicative Model of Optimal CEO Incentives in Market Equilibrium," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 22(12), pages 4881-4917, December.
  38. Alex Edmans & Xavier Gabaix, 2009. "Is CEO Pay Really Inefficient? A Survey of New Optimal Contracting Theories," European Financial Management, European Financial Management Association, vol. 15(3), pages 486-496, June.
  39. Alex Edmans & Diego García & Øyvind Norli, 2007. "Sports Sentiment and Stock Returns," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 62(4), pages 1967-1998, August.

Chapters

  1. Alex Edmans, 2023. "The Power of Purposeful Business," Contributions to Economics, in: Valentina Rotondi & Paolo Santori (ed.), Rethinking Economics Starting from the Commons, pages 81-90, Springer.

Books

  1. Edmans,Alex, 2021. "Grow the Pie," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781009054676, December.

Editorship

  1. Review of Finance, European Finance Association.

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  1. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (17) 2009-09-11 2009-11-27 2009-12-05 2009-12-05 2011-11-21 2011-11-28 2013-09-24 2013-09-28 2014-06-02 2014-06-02 2014-12-03 2014-12-13 2014-12-19 2014-12-29 2014-12-29 2015-05-09 2017-10-22. Author is listed
  2. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (16) 2013-09-28 2014-06-02 2014-12-19 2014-12-29 2014-12-29 2015-01-03 2015-05-09 2017-07-23 2017-10-22 2020-04-13 2021-05-10 2021-07-12 2023-04-03 2023-06-12 2023-06-19 2023-11-27. Author is listed
  3. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (14) 2013-09-24 2014-06-02 2014-06-02 2014-06-02 2015-01-03 2015-05-09 2016-08-28 2017-07-23 2017-10-01 2017-10-22 2021-07-12 2023-04-03 2023-06-19 2023-11-27. Author is listed
  4. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (12) 2011-11-28 2013-09-28 2014-06-02 2014-12-03 2014-12-19 2014-12-24 2014-12-29 2014-12-29 2014-12-29 2020-04-13 2021-05-10 2023-04-03. Author is listed
  5. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (7) 2007-09-09 2009-09-11 2009-11-27 2009-12-05 2011-11-14 2011-11-28 2013-09-28. Author is listed
  6. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (3) 2009-12-05 2014-12-24 2014-12-29
  7. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (2) 2017-07-23 2023-06-12
  8. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (2) 2011-11-21 2011-11-28
  9. NEP-CBA: Central Banking (1) 2012-01-10
  10. NEP-CUL: Cultural Economics (1) 2021-05-10
  11. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2009-11-14
  12. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2013-09-28
  13. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2020-04-13
  14. NEP-RMG: Risk Management (1) 2020-04-13
  15. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (1) 2016-08-28

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