Financial machine learning

B Kelly, D **u - Foundations and Trends® in Finance, 2023‏ - nowpublishers.com
We survey the nascent literature on machine learning in the study of financial markets. We
highlight the best examples of what this line of research has to offer and recommend …

[HTML][HTML] Jockeys, horses or teams? The selection of startups by venture capitalists

T Esen, MS Dahl, O Sorenson - Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2023‏ - Elsevier
How do venture capitalists select startups? Most research to date has focused on the
attributes of either the founders (the jockey) or the business idea (the horse) as the …

Understanding private equity funds: A guide to private equity research in accounting

MN Borysoff, P Mason, S Utke - Journal of Financial …, 2024‏ - publications.aaahq.org
Private equity (PE) funds are increasingly important to the economy and now serve as the
primary vehicle for raising new capital. However, a limited understanding of the unique PE …

Data-driven investors

M Bonelli - 2022‏ - papers.ssrn.com
Using data technologies, like machine learning, investors can gain a comparative
advantage in forecasting outcomes frequently observed in historical data. I investigate the …

[PDF][PDF] Entrepreneurship and gentrification

L Gagliardi, O Sorenson - Work. Pap., Bocconi Univ., Milan, Italy, 2023‏ - anderson.ucla.edu
How do high-growth startups influence the neighborhoods in which they locate? Using data
from the greater London area, we show a positive relationship between entrepreneurship …

[HTML][HTML] The gender gap in the first deal: Equity split among founding teams

H Takahashi, Y Honjo, M Kato - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2024‏ - Elsevier
We investigate the gender gap in equity splits among members of founding teams using
proprietary survey data on Japanese startups. The results reveal that, on average, female …

Venture capital start-up selection

YS Jang, SN Kaplan - 2025‏ - nber.org
We study venture capital (VC) selection using the deal flow and investment decisions for
more than 8,000 sourced deals from one early-stage VC in detail. The (unconditional) …

Stereotypes about Successful Entrepreneurs

V Lyonnet, L Stern - AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023‏ - aeaweb.org
What comes to mind when thinking about a successful entrepreneur? Belief formation
models suggest that what comes to mind is an oversimplified picture of the characteristics of …

How ethical should AI be? how AI alignment shapes the risk preferences of llms

S Ouyang, H Yun, X Zheng - arxiv preprint arxiv:2406.01168, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
This study examines the risk preferences of Large Language Models (LLMs) and how
aligning them with human ethical standards affects their economic decision-making …

Networks in venture capital markets

C Huang - Available at SSRN 4501902, 2022‏ - papers.ssrn.com
This paper sheds light on the significant role of networks, particularly alumni networks, in
venture capital markets. I leverage the instance of a new partner, carrying new alumni …