Mutual funds

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    House of Funds

    Paper

    Posted on 15 November 2021

    By Nataliya Gerasimova

    I document that political connections are an important driver of investment strategies of U.S. mutual funds. I collect data on mutual fund holdings of U.S. Congress members and equity holdings...
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    Banking | Corporate finance | Electoral politics | Financial markets

    Does Political Partisanship Cross Borders? Evidence from International Capital Flows

    Paper

    Posted on 4 October 2021

    By Elisabeth Kempf

    Does partisan perception shape the flow of international capital? We provide evidence from two settings, syndicated corporate loans and equity mutual funds, to show that ideological alignment with foreign governments...
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