We study how researchers can apply machine learning (ML) methods in finance. We first
establish that the two major categories of ML (supervised and unsupervised learning) …

Since their inception more than 15 years ago, social media have become a vibrant research
topic in business and economics research. This article presents an integrative literature …

We examine the role of first impressions in angel investor decision-making. Video stills of
entrepreneurs pitching on the Shark Tank show and in Startup Battlefield competitions yield …

When two people coincidentally have something in common (such as a name or birthday),
they tend to like each other more and are thus more likely to offer help and comply with …

Purpose In this study, we examine the influence of a firm's environmental, social, and
governance (ESG) performance on analysts' stock recommendations and earnings forecast …

Women founders frequently appear to encounter varied and often negatively biased
decisions from investors. Our study builds on the theoretical and practical interest in …

A long line of psychology research suggests that people develop underlying behavioral trait
expectations based on facial characteristics, and that these appearance-based trait …

Facial inference, a cornerstone of person perception, has traditionally been studied through
human judgments about personality traits and abilities based on people's faces. Recent …

We examine the impact of beauty on the academic career success of tenure-track
accounting professors at top business schools in America and show that beauty plays a …

This paper documents that fund investors' behavior is biased by the physical attractiveness
stereotypes that they hold about fund managers. In an experimental setting, we find that …