The International Center For Finance at the Yale School of Management provides active support for research in Financial Economics by its fellows and disseminates their work to the world's academic and professional communities. Please see papers below for the latest research at the International Center for Finance.
2006
Up close and personal: An individual level analysis of the disposition effect
The joint determination of audit fees, non-audit fees, and abnormal accruals
2005
Pricing electronic mail to solve the problem of spam
Rain or shine: where is the weather effect?
The States as a Laboratory: Legal Innovation and Sate Competition for Corporate Charters
Social norms versus standards of accounting
The history of corporate ownership in China: state patronage, company legislation, and the issue of control
The invention of inflation-indexed bonds in early America
Behavioral economics and institutional innovation
The performance of real estate portfolios: A simulation approach
2004
Markets as artifacts: Aggregate efficiency from zero-intelligence traders
Double auction dynamics: structural effects of non-binding price controls
The origins of mutual funds
2003
Rethinking the structure of accounting and auditing
Disposition matters: volume, volatility and price impact of a behavioral bias
An analysis of the relative performance of Japanese and foreign money management
Are unmanaged earnings always better for shareholders?
2002
Regulatory competition among accounting standards within and across international boundaries
Control and assurance in e-commerce: Privacy, integrity, and security at eBay
Daily momentum and contrarian behavior of index fund investors
Knowing what others know: Common knowledge, accounting, and capital markets
This series, edited by Geert Rouwenhorst and Will Goetzmann, along with several ICF fellows Howard Bodenhorn and Eugene White, raises the broad awareness of the importance of history in the consideration of current economy.
ICF Book Publications
The Origins of Corporations The Mills of Toulouse in the Middle Ages
Germain Sicard proves that Europe’s first corporations were fourteenth-century mill companies operating in Toulouse, rather than seventeenth-century English and Dutch trading companies as commonly believed. He shows that the corporate form derives from a unique ownership contract from Medieval Europe called pariage, and a culture of strong property rights and municipal self-governance. Based on archival research, Sicard’s 1952 thesis has been translated into English with an introduction that places the work in the context of new institutional economics and legal theory. It is an important contribution to research on the history and legal origins of the corporation.
The Great Mirror of Folly, Finance, Culture, and the Stock Market Crash of 1720
The world’s first global stock market bubble suddenly burst in 1720, destroying the dreams and fortunes of speculators in London, Paris, and Amsterdam virtually overnight. The co-editors are Geert Rouwenhorst, Will Goetzmann, Catherine Labio, Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and Tim Young, Associate Curator of Modern Books & Manuscripts at the Beinecke Library.
The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets
From the invention of interest in Mesopotamia and the origin of paper money in China, to the creation of mutual funds, inflation-indexed bonds, and global financial securities, here is a sweeping survey of financial innovations that have changed the world. Written by a distinguished group of experts--including Robert Shiller, Niall Ferguson, Valerie Hansen, and many others--and wonderfully illustrated with over one hundred color photographs of landmark financial documents (including the first paper money), The Origins of Value traces the evolution of finance through 4,000 years of history.
Upcoming Publications
The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets (Chinese version)