Olivier Dessaint

Publications

• Does Alternative Data Improve Financial Forecasting? The Horizon Effect With Thierry Foucault and Laurent Fresard

Journal of Finance, forthcoming

Alternative data renders forecasts about the short(long)-term more (less) informative

Presented at NBER 2020, AEA 2021, WFA 2021, AFA 2022

• CAPM-Based Company (Mis)valuations With Jacques Olivier, Clemens Otto, and David Thesmar

Review of Financial Studies (2021) 34, 1-66, Lead article, Editor's choice

Michael J. Brennan Award for the best paper published in the Review of Financial Studies in 2021

CAPM users overvalue (undervalue) low (high) beta investment projects relative to the market's assessment of the project's value.

Presented at AFA 2019, EFA 2018, NBER 2018, FIRS 2018, Adam Smith 2018

• Noisy Stock Prices and Corporate Investment With Thierry Foucault, Laurent Fresard, and Adrien Matray

Review of Financial Studies (2019) 32, 2625-2672

Localized non-fundamental shocks to stock prices (noise) affect real investment, even in the absence of financing or agency frictions.

Presented at AFA 2017, NBER 2016, EFA 2016

• The effects of investment banks rankings: evidence from M&A league tables With François Derrien [Media Coverage]

Review of Finance (2018) 22, 1375-1411

A better rank in the league table facilitates new business origination. Banks use fairness opinions to improve their rank.

• Do managers overreact to salient risks? Evidence from hurricane strikes With Adrien Matray [Web Appendix] [Media Coverage]

Journal of Financial Economics (2017) 126, 97-121

After a hurricane, unaffected firms in the neighborhood of the disaster area temporarily hoard cash and discuss more hurricane risk in regulatory filings.

Presented at AFA 2016, NBER 2015, EFA 2013

• Employment protection and takeovers With Andrey Golubov and Paolo Volpin [Media Coverage]

Journal of Financial Economics (2017) 125, 369-388

Labor restructuring is a key driver of corporate takeovers around the world.

Presented at EFA 2016, FIRS 2016

• Announcing the announcement With Romain Boulland [TV Coverage on CNBC]

Journal of Banking and Finance (2017) 82, 59-79

Firms pre-announce well ahead of time the date of their earnings report when earnings are good. They do it at the last moment when earnings are bad.

Presented at AFA 2015, EFA 2014

Working papers

• Bidder-Specific Synergies and the Evolution of Acquirer Returns With Espen Eckbo and Andrey Golubov

Revise and Resubmit at Management Science

Constant average acquirer returns over the last decades mask fundamental changes in the takeover market. Synergies have increased but have become less bidder-specific.

Presented at EFA 2020

• The Horizon of Investors' Information and Corporate Investment With Thierry Foucault and Laurent Fresard (New)

Invited for dual submission at Review of Financial Studies

The horizon at which financial markets produce information matters for real capital allocation.

Presented at AFA 2023