# Research by Profs John Asker and Alexander Ljungqvist on investment behavior is cited

1 Faculty News February 27, 2012 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/saving-the-capitalist-goose/) -- " ... evidence of managerial bias is provided by a recent comparison of the investment behavior of otherwise similar public and private companies between 2001 and 2007 by the economists [John Asker](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/john-asker), Joan Farre-Mensa, and [Alexander Ljungqvist](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/alexander-ljungqvist), published by the National Bureau of Economic Research."

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