# Prof. Alexander Ljungqvist's research on hedge funds is mentioned

1 Faculty News March 15, 2014 ![Barron's logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031072.jpg?itok=FtY-yu99)>

Excerpt from [Barron's](http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424053111904628504579431231509031354.html?mod=googlenews_barrons) -- "Traditionally, hedge funds profited on proprietary research and fought to maintain that edge as long as possible. Lately, however, some short-sellers have been freely posting investment research on the Internet. Are they crazy? If a recent working paper by [Alexander Ljungqvist](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/alexander-ljungqvist) and Wenlan Qian, respectively of New York University and the National University of Singapore, is any indication, they might be crazily successful."

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