Machine Learning about Venture Capital Choices Permalink

Victor Lyonnet, Léa H. Stern
Cond. accepted at The Review of Financial Studies
* Best Paper Award at the Eurofidai-Essec Paris Finance Meeting, 2022

Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance Permalink

Ben Bennett, Isil Erel, Jesse Wang, Léa H. Stern
Review of Finance, 2026

Featured in:
Finalist for the John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Award, 2022
Forbes
Grow the Pie Blog by Alex Edmans

Learning About Directors Permalink

Léa H Stern
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2026

Stereotypes about Successful Entrepreneurs Permalink

Victor Lyonnet, Léa H Stern
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2023

Selecting Directors Using Machine Learning Permalink

Isil Erel, Léa H Stern, Chenhao Tan, Michael S Weisbach
The Review of Financial Studies, 2021
* Lead Article and Editor's Choice

Featured in:
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
Medium

D&O Insurance and IPO Performance: What Can We Learn from Insurers? Permalink

Martin Boyer, Léa H Stern
Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2014

Is Corporate Governance Risk Valued? Evidence From Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance Permalink

Martin Boyer, Léa H Stern
Journal of Corporate Finance, 2012
* Best Paper Bank of Canada Award, NFA 2010

Pay for Performance from Future Fund Flows: The Case of Private Equity Permalink

Ji-Woong Chung, Berk A. Sensoy, Léa H. Stern, Michael S. Weisbach
The Review of Financial Studies, 2012
* Wharton-WRDS Best Paper Award WFA 2011, Outstanding Paper Award - 6th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets

Featured in:
Finance and Accounting Memos, Issue 2, 2014

Who Funds the Frontier?

Victor Lyonnet, Fiona Paine, Léa H. Stern

Supported by a grant from Anthropic

The Homogenization of New Ventures

Léa H. Stern

Supported by a grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation