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

Lauren Cohen; Andrea Frazzini; Christopher Malloy

doi:10.1086/592415

journal article Oct 01, 2008

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

Lauren Cohen

Andrea Frazzini Christopher Malloy

Journal of Political Economy Vol. 116 No. 5 pp. 951-979 · University of Chicago Press

View at Publisher Save 10.1086/592415

Topics

No keywords indexed for this article. Browse by subject →

References

41

[1]

Baker Malcolm

[2]

Mutual Fund Flows and Performance in Rational Markets

Jonathan B. Berk, Richard C. Green

Journal of Political Economy 10.1086/424739

[3]

Bhowmik Dilip Public Opinion Q. (1971)

[4]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.1995.tb04800.x

[5]

On Persistence in Mutual Fund Performance

Mark M. Carhart

The Journal of Finance 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1997.tb03808.x

[6]

Chen Joseph A.E.R. (2004)

[7]

10.1111/0022-1082.00130

[8]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00756.x

[9]

10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00634.x

[10]

10.1111/0022-1082.00181

[11]

10.1086/322088

[12]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.1997.tb02724.x

[13]

10.1093/rfs/6.1.1

[14]

Faccio Mara A.E.R. (2006)

[15]

10.1016/0304-405x(93)90023-5

[16]

Fischer Claude

[17]

10.1353/sof.2001.0044

[18]

Giving Institute (2006)

[19]

10.3905/jpm.1994.9

[20]

Grinblatt Mark J. Bus. (1989)

[21]

10.1086/296593

[22]

Grinblatt Mark A.E.R. (1995)

[23]

Grossman Sanford A.E.R. Papers and Proc. (1976)

[24]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.1996.tb02707.x

[25]

10.2307/2331203

[26]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.1993.tb04703.x

[27]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01207.x

[28]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.2004.00629.x

[29]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00817.x

[30]

10.1093/rfs/14.3.659

[31]

Jackson Matthew O

[32]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.1968.tb00815.x

[33]

Khurana Rakesh 10.1515/9781400841097

[34]

Lazarsfeld Paul

[35]

10.1111/j.1540-6261.1995.tb04795.x

[36]

10.1146/annurev.soc.27.1.415

[37]

Mizruchi Mark S (1904)

[38]

Mizruchi Mark S

[39]

Perez‐Gonzalez Francisco A.E.R. (2006)

[40]

10.1080/00224545.1940.9918751

[41]

Useem Michael

Cited By

1,095

Up the political ladder: The role of political networks

Xian Gu, Iftekhar Hasan · 2026

Journal of Financial Stability

Network centrality, style drift, and mutual fund performance

Li Yi, Li Xiao · 2024

Research in International Business...

The Moderating Role of Online Social Media in the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure and Investment Decisions: Evidence from Egypt

Ahmed Abdel Magid, Khaled Hussainey · 2023

International Journal of Financial...

Sharing names and information: Incidental similarities between CEOs and analysts can lead to favoritism in information disclosure

Omri Even-Tov, Kanyuan Huang · 2023

Proceedings of the National Academy...

Relationship-based debt financing of Chinese private sector firms: The role of social connections to banks versus political connections

Haoyuan Ding, Yichuan Hu · 2023

Journal of Corporate Finance

Network Nexus: Exploring the Impact of Alumni Connections of Managers on Mutual Fund Performance in India

Sudipta Majumdar, Sayantan Kundu · 2023

Asia-Pacific Financial Markets

External social networks and earnings management

Ming Fang, Bill Francis · 2022

The British Accounting Review

Board network, investment efficiency, and the mediating role of CSR: Evidence from China

Tianjiao Zhao · 2021

International Review of Economics &...

Social Finance

Theresa Kuchler, Johannes Stroebel · 2021

Annual Review of Financial Economic...

Alumni social networks and hedge fund performance: Evidence from China

Junqin Lin, Fan Wang · 2021

International Review of Financial A...

It's a Small World: The Importance of Social Connections with Auditors to Mutual Fund Managers’ Portfolio Decisions

Yangyang Chen, Jun Huang · 2021

Journal of Accounting Research

Partisan Bias in Fund Portfolios

M. Babajide Wintoki, Yaoyi Xi · 2019

The Journal of Financial and Quanti...

Consequences of Debt Forgiveness: Strategic Default Contagion and Lender Learning

GERARDO PÉREZ‐CAVAZOS · 2019

Journal of Accounting Research

Network, reputation, VC-financing: SME in Zhongguancun and Silicon Valley

Anna Trunina, Xielin Liu · 2019

Chinese Management Studies

Information Sharing and Spillovers: Evidence from Financial Analysts

Byoung-Hyoun Hwang, JOSÉ MARÍA LIBERTI · 2019

Management Science

Fund Managers’ Association Networks, Information Sharing and Fund Performance

Haifei Liu, Kai Liu · 2019

Applied Economics Letters

Entrenchment through corporate social responsibility: Evidence from CEO network centrality

Salim Chahine, Yiwei Fang · 2019

International Review of Financial A...

Return Synchronicity and Insider Trading Profitability*

Claire Y.C. Liang, Zhenyang Tang · 2018

International Review of Finance

Teachers Teaching Teachers: The Role of Workplace Peer Effects in Financial Decisions

Gonzalo Maturana, Jordan Nickerson · 2018

Review of Financial Studies

Network centrality and delegated investment performance

Alberto G. Rossi, David Blake · 2018

Journal of Financial Economics

Metrics

1,095

Citations

41

References

Details

Published: Oct 01, 2008
Vol/Issue: 116(5)
Pages: 951-979

Authors

Cite This Article

Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, Christopher Malloy (2008). The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns. Journal of Political Economy, 116(5), 951-979. https://doi.org/10.1086/592415

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

You May Also Like