Research looks at impact of hedge fund activism

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 11:50 in Mathematics & Economics

Hedge fund activism often initially bolsters the target company but new research has found that it weakens the competition, which may hurt innovation and the larger economy. “It is survival of the fittest,” said Praveen Kumar, finance professor at the University of Houston and an author of a study published in the Journal of Financial […]

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