Working Papers

Political Networs in Public Pension Fund Investments

    I identify the causal effect of political contributions on the private equity investments of U.S public pension funds.

• Presentation: UIUC, SFS Cavalcade North America 2024, 7th Advances in VC & PE Research Online Workshop, FMA 2024 (scheduled)

Distrust Spillovers from Financial Advisors to Bank Branches

    I identify a channel through which distrust spills over from investment advisory firms involved in misconduct to their affiliated banks.

• Presentation: UIUC, AFA 2023 (Poster), 3rd Boca Corpoate Finance and Governance Conference, Southwestern Finance Association 2023, FMA 2022

Hurting Fund Returns: Business Ties Constraints and Portfolio Misallocation

    I identify a systemic pattern of inferior investment decisions made by asset managment firms in the 401(k) pension business due to thier conflicts of interest with clients.

• Presentation: UIUC, FMA 2023, Southwestern Finance Association 2023, World Finance Banking Symposium 2022, New Zealand Finance Meeting 2022

Work in Progress

What Boards Talk to Decide? Evidence from Public Pension Investments

Measuring Municipal Political Risks