--- {"type":"list","title":"MFIN6210 Empirical Finance Reading List","listId":85859,"canonicalUrl":"https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list","visibleItemTotal":40,"creator":{"id":"financemark","name":"FINANCE MARK","url":"https://listium.com/@financemark"},"stats":{"views":1532,"likes":2,"followers":5},"category":"finance","publishedAt":"2023-05-13T06:28:20.726Z","updatedAt":"2024-05-21T10:52:24.946Z","fields":[{"id":0,"name":"Week","type":"PrimaryText"},{"id":6,"name":"Topic","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":2,"name":"Item","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":1,"name":"Link","type":"URL"},{"id":5,"name":"Type","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":4,"name":"Notes","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":7,"name":"Complete: Read or Watched?","type":"Symbols","format":"checkbox"}]} --- # MFIN6210 Empirical Finance Reading List By [FINANCE MARK (@financemark)](https://listium.com/@financemark) 1532 views · 2 likes · 5 followers Published 13 May 2023 · Updated 21 May 2024 Category: finance This is a reading list for MFIN6210 (Empirical Studies in Finance). Please do suggest any additional resources that you think might be useful. ## Items ### 1. [01](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/0/01) Item ID: `0` - Topic: 01 - Item: Regression Handbook - Link: [https://amzn.to/4dMLUMC](https://amzn.to/4dMLUMC) - Type: Book - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 2. [01](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/2/01) Item ID: `2` - Topic: 01 - Item: Disappearing votes: why investors should steer clear of Snapchat’s dual-class shares - Link: [https://theconversation.com/disappearing-votes-why-investors-should-steer-clear-of-snapchats-dual-class-shares-71710](https://theconversation.com/disappearing-votes-why-investors-should-steer-clear-of-snapchats-dual-class-shares-71710) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 3. [01](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/3/01) Item ID: `3` - Topic: 01 - Item: Australia’s biggest carbon emitter buckles before Mike Cannon-Brookes – so what now for AGL’s other shareholders? - Link: [https://theconversation.com/australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-buckles-before-mike-cannon-brookes-so-what-now-for-agls-other-shareholders-183534](https://theconversation.com/australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-buckles-before-mike-cannon-brookes-so-what-now-for-agls-other-shareholders-183534) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 4. [01](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/4/01) Item ID: `4` - Topic: 01 - Item: Agency Problems at Dual-Class Companies - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01477.x](https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01477.x) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 5. [01](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/5/01) Item ID: `5` - Topic: 01 - Item: Agency Costs and ownership structure - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0022-1082.00201](https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0022-1082.00201) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 6. [01](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/39/01) Item ID: `39` - Topic: 01 - Item: May Contain Lies - Link: [https://amzn.to/3K97RYv](https://amzn.to/3K97RYv) - Type: Book - Notes: Great book for identifying analysis errors - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 7. [02](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/6/02) Item ID: `6` - Topic: 02 - Item: Antitakeover Provisions and Shareholder Wealth: A Survey of the Literature - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022109014000532](https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022109014000532) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 8. [02](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/7/02) Item ID: `7` - Topic: 02 - Item: Blockholders and Corporate governance - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-financial-110613-034455](https://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-financial-110613-034455) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 9. [02](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/8/02) Item ID: `8` - Topic: 02 - Item: Cannon-Brookes shakes up AGL: what now for Australia’s biggest carbon emitter - Link: [https://theconversation.com/cannon-brookes-shakes-up-agl-what-now-for-australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-194625](https://theconversation.com/cannon-brookes-shakes-up-agl-what-now-for-australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-194625) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 10. [02](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/9/02) Item ID: `9` - Topic: 02 - Item: Mark Zuckerberg can sack 11,000 workers but shareholders can’t dump him: it’s called ‘management entrenchment’ - Link: [https://theconversation.com/mark-zuckerberg-can-sack-11-000-workers-but-shareholders-cant-dump-him-its-called-management-entrenchment-194333](https://theconversation.com/mark-zuckerberg-can-sack-11-000-workers-but-shareholders-cant-dump-him-its-called-management-entrenchment-194333) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 11. [02](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/10/02) Item ID: `10` - Topic: 02 - Item: Why has Elon Musk put his $44 billion Twitter takeover on hold? - Link: [https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-hold](https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-hold) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 12. [02](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/11/02) Item ID: `11` - Topic: 02 - Item: Twitter demonstrates why poison pills are bad for shareholders - Link: [https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/twitter-poison-pills-shareholders](https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/twitter-poison-pills-shareholders) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 13. [02](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/35/02) Item ID: `35` - Topic: 02 - Item: Tired of shrinking pay? The real drain on Australians’ productivity is falling wages - Link: [https://theconversation.com/tired-of-shrinking-pay-the-real-drain-on-australians-productivity-is-falling-wages-207807](https://theconversation.com/tired-of-shrinking-pay-the-real-drain-on-australians-productivity-is-falling-wages-207807) - Type: News Article - Notes: News article discussing the impact of compensation on effort. - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 14. [03](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/12/03) Item ID: `12` - Topic: 03 - Item: The Importance of Industry Links in Merger Waves - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12122](https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12122) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 15. [03](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/13/03) Item ID: `13` - Topic: 03 - Item: Industry aspects of takeovers and divestitures: Evidence from the UK - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.11.003](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.11.003) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 16. [04](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/14/04) Item ID: `14` - Topic: 04 - Item: The sources of value destruction in acquisitions by entrenched managers - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.05.016](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.05.016) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 17. [05](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/15/05) Item ID: `15` - Topic: 05 - Item: Asset sales and increase in focus - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X(94)00794-2](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X%2894%2900794-2) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 18. [05](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/16/05) Item ID: `16` - Topic: 05 - Item: Practice makes progress: Evidence from divestitures - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.04.004](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.04.004) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 19. [05](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/17/05) Item ID: `17` - Topic: 05 - Item: Australia’s biggest carbon emitter buckles before Mike Cannon-Brookes – so what now for AGL’s other shareholders? - Link: [https://theconversation.com/australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-buckles-before-mike-cannon-brookes-so-what-now-for-agls-other-shareholders-183534](https://theconversation.com/australias-biggest-carbon-emitter-buckles-before-mike-cannon-brookes-so-what-now-for-agls-other-shareholders-183534) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 20. [07](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/36/07) Item ID: `36` - Topic: 07 - Item: Trust and IPO underpricing - Link: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2019.02.006](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2019.02.006) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 21. [08](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/30/08) Item ID: `30` - Topic: 08 - Item: Partial adjustment toward target capital structures - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.03.004](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.03.004) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 22. [08](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/31/08) Item ID: `31` - Topic: 08 - Item: Warren Buffett on Cash Holdings and Uses of Cash - Link: [https://youtu.be/hMMQ0zYlEIQ](https://youtu.be/hMMQ0zYlEIQ) - Type: Video - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 23. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/1/09) Item ID: `1` - Topic: 09 - Item: Venture Capital and Private Equity - Link: [https://amzn.to/3UHRlDO](https://amzn.to/3UHRlDO) - Type: Book - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 24. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/18/09) Item ID: `18` - Topic: 09 - Item: Venture Capital Reputation, Post-IPO Performance, and Corporate Governance - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022109011000251](https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022109011000251) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 25. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/19/09) Item ID: `19` - Topic: 09 - Item: Berkus Valuation - Link: [https://eqvista.com/berkus-valuation-method-for-startups/](https://eqvista.com/berkus-valuation-method-for-startups/) - Type: Web page - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 26. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/20/09) Item ID: `20` - Topic: 09 - Item: Is the party over for early stage VC investment? - Link: [https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/early-stage-vc-investment](https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/early-stage-vc-investment) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 27. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/21/09) Item ID: `21` - Topic: 09 - Item: Seven ways to tell whether a private equity-backed IPO should be avoided - Link: [https://theconversation.com/seven-ways-to-tell-whether-a-private-equity-backed-ipo-should-be-avoided-60851](https://theconversation.com/seven-ways-to-tell-whether-a-private-equity-backed-ipo-should-be-avoided-60851) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 28. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/22/09) Item ID: `22` - Topic: 09 - Item: Private equity isn’t all bad: how PE funds help companies expand overseas - Link: [https://theconversation.com/private-equity-isnt-all-bad-how-pe-funds-help-companies-expand-overseas-65884](https://theconversation.com/private-equity-isnt-all-bad-how-pe-funds-help-companies-expand-overseas-65884) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 29. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/23/09) Item ID: `23` - Topic: 09 - Item: MilkRun’s demise is another nail in the 10-minute grocery-delivery business model - Link: [https://theconversation.com/milkruns-demise-is-another-nail-in-the-10-minute-grocery-delivery-business-model-203757](https://theconversation.com/milkruns-demise-is-another-nail-in-the-10-minute-grocery-delivery-business-model-203757) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 30. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/33/09) Item ID: `33` - Topic: 09 - Item: Private Equity Laid Bare - Link: [https://amzn.to/3UQgrAz](https://amzn.to/3UQgrAz) - Type: Book - Notes: Useful though not necessary or required for the course. - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 31. [09](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/38/09) Item ID: `38` - Topic: 09 - Item: VC vs Government vs Angels - Link: [https://youtu.be/c3i\_WOKOeXM](https://youtu.be/c3i_WOKOeXM) - Type: Podcast interview - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 32. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/24/10) Item ID: `24` - Topic: 10 - Item: Do female CEOs matter for ESG scores? - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2022.100722](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2022.100722) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 33. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/25/10) Item ID: `25` - Topic: 10 - Item: Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Rating - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfac033](https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfac033) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 34. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/26/10) Item ID: `26` - Topic: 10 - Item: Sustainable investing with ESG rating uncertainty - Link: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.09.009](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.09.009) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 35. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/27/10) Item ID: `27` - Topic: 10 - Item: Should billionaires drive company policy? Even if they’re doing good? - Link: [https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/mike-cannon-brookes-AGL-company-directors](https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/mike-cannon-brookes-AGL-company-directors) - Type: News Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 36. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/28/10) Item ID: `28` - Topic: 10 - Item: Do investors care about impact? - Link: [https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhac066](https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhac066) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 37. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/29/10) Item ID: `29` - Topic: 10 - Item: Safety First! Overconfident CEOs and Reduced Workplace Accidents - Link: [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract\_id=4138808](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4138808) - Type: Working Paper - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 38. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/32/10) Item ID: `32` - Topic: 10 - Item: Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit – Updated and Revised - Link: [https://amzn.to/3QV4ZCu](https://amzn.to/3QV4ZCu) - Type: Book - Notes: Useful - though not required - book on purpose-based investing. - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 39. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/34/10) Item ID: `34` - Topic: 10 - Item: The end of ESG - Link: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fima.12413](https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fima.12413) - Type: Journal Article - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false ### 40. [10](https://listium.com/@financemark/85859/mfin6210-empirical-finance-reading-list/37/10) Item ID: `37` - Topic: 10 - Item: Interview: Alex Edmans on ESG - Link: [https://youtu.be/itURy8ZFLuA](https://youtu.be/itURy8ZFLuA) - Type: Podcast - Notes: - - Complete: Read or Watched?: false