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Li Jin
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 36
Citations - 3437
Li Jin is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stock (geology) & Executive compensation. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 36 publications receiving 2967 citations. Previous affiliations of Li Jin include Peking University.
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R2 around the world: New theory and new tests
Li Jin,Stewart C. Myers +1 more
TL;DR: This article showed that lack of transparency increases R2 by shifting firm-specific risk to managers and that opaque stocks with high R2s are also more likely to crash, that is, to deliver large negative returns.
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CEO compensation, diversification, and incentives
TL;DR: The authors examined the relation between chief executive officers' (CEOs) incentive levels and their firms' risk characteristics and found that incentives for CEOs likely facing binding short-selling constraints decrease with systematic as well as nonsystematic risk, as predicted by theory.
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R Around the World: New Theory and New Tests
Li Jin,Stewart C. Myers +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a model that explains the results and generated additional testable hypotheses, such as how control rights and information affect the division of risk bearing between inside managers and outside investors and how insiders capture part of the firm's operating cash flows.
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Do a Firm's Equity Returns Reflect the Risk of Its Pension Plan?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the empirical question of whether systematic equity risk of US firms as measured by beta from the capital asset pricing model reflects the risk of their pension plans and found that it might not.
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Institutional Tax Clienteles and Payout Policy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employ heterogeneity in institutional shareholders tax characteristics to identify the relationship between firm payout policy and tax incentives, finding that "dividend-averse" institutions are significantly less likely to hold shares in firms with larger dividend payouts.