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Jones Graduate School of Business

Alan D. Crane

Associate Professor of Finance

Rice University · Houston, Texas

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Alan D. Crane
✉ Alan.D.Crane at rice.edu
✆ 713-348-5393
◎ MS-531 · 6100 Main St, Houston TX
Academic Work

Research

  1. 1
    Hurdle Rate Buffers and Bargaining Power in Asset Acquisition
    with John W. Barry, Bruce I. Carlin, and John R. Graham
    Journal of Financial Economics, 178, 10424, 2026
  2. 2
    The Impact of Regulation on Firm Value: Evidence from Political Connections
    with Andrew Koch
    The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 14(4), 1058–1082, 2025
  3. 3
    Real Effects of Markets on Politics: Evidence from U.S. Presidential Elections
    with Andrew Koch and Leming Lin
    American Economic Review: Insights, 6(1), 73–88, 2024
  4. 4
    Hedge Funds and Public Information Acquisition
    with Kevin Crotty and Tarik Umar
    Management Science, 69(6), 3241–3262, 2023
  5. 5
    The Value of Social Status
    with Alexander Butler, Bruce I. Carlin, Boyang Liu, and James P. Weston
    Economics Letters, 206(C), 2021
  6. 6
    How Skilled are Security Analysts?
    with Kevin Crotty
    The Journal of Finance, 75(3), 1629–1675, 2020
  7. 7
    The Causal Effects of Short-Selling Bans: Evidence from Eligibility Thresholds
    with Kevin Crotty, Sébastien Michenaud, and Patricia Naranjo
    The Review of Asset Pricing Studies, 9(1), 137–170, 2019
  8. 8
    Institutional Investor Cliques and Governance
    with Andrew Koch and Sébastien Michenaud
    Journal of Financial Economics, 133(1), 175–197, 2019
  9. 9
    Skewness Consequences of Seeking Alpha
    with Kerry Back and Kevin Crotty
    The Review of Financial Studies, 31(12), 4720–4761, 2018
  10. 10
    Choosing the Precision of Performance Metrics
    with Andrew Koch and Chisehn Wei
    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53(4), 1911–1935, 2018
  11. 11
    Passive versus Active Fund Performance: Do Index Funds Have Skill?
    with Kevin Crotty
    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53(1), 33–64, 2018
  12. 12
    Shareholder Litigation and Ownership Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    with Andrew Koch
    Management Science, 64(1), 5–23, 2018
  13. 13
    The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Payout Policy: Evidence from Index Thresholds
    with Sébastien Michenaud and James P. Weston
    Review of Financial Studies, 29(6), 1377–1408, 2016
  1. 1
    The Quality of Advice in Shareholder Voting
    with Patrick Blonien, Kevin Crotty, and David De Angelis
    Revise & Resubmit — RFS
  2. 2
    Detecting Informed Trade by Corporate Insiders
    with Patrick Blonien and Kevin Crotty
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  4. 4
    Nepo Credit: The Effect of Borrowed Credit Histories
    with Alex Butler, Erik Mayer, and Asli Uyanik
  1. 1
    The Litigation Environment of a Firm and its Impact on Financial Policy
  2. 2
    Is There a Disposition Effect in Corporate Investment Decisions? Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts
    with Jay C. Hartzell
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Contact

Associate Professor of Finance at the Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. Research interests include institutional investors, performance evaluation, and empirical corporate finance and governance.

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Email
Alan.D.Crane at rice.edu
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Phone
713-348-5393
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Office
Jones Graduate School of Business
6100 Main Street, MS-531
Houston, Texas 77005
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