.... Supplemental material can be accessed by clicking the link in Appendix C. Editor's note: Accepted by Dawn A. Matsumoto, under the Senior Editorship of Mark L. DeFond. 10 2016 6 2019 2020 financial analysts information spillover social networks information advantage...

... results illustrate the pronounced influence of social networks on the behaviors of analysts and fund managers. JEL Classifications: G10; G23; M40. Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text. We thank Mark T. Bradshaw (editor), three anonymous reviewers...

...-avoidance strategies is shared among firms through their social network connections. Using board interlocks to proxy for these connections, we find that firms with greater board ties to low-tax firms have lower cash ETRs themselves. Ties to low-tax firms are more influential when the focal...

... networks social networks contagion governance He that lies with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.—Benjamin Franklin There is ample evidence that social interactions affect human behavior. We see imitation in a wide range of situations, from teen activities...