Aymeric Bellon

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied how private equity firms affect firms' environmental outcomes in the oil and gas industry and found that on average PE ownership leads to a 70% reduction in the use of toxic chemicals and a 50% reduction of satellite-based measures of CO2 emissions.

TL;DR: The authors examined how wealth windfalls affect self-employment decisions using data on cash payments from claims on Texas shale drilling to people throughout the United States and found that individuals who receive large wealth shocks (greater than $50,000) have 51% higher self employment rates.

TL;DR: This article studied the effect of personal wealth on entrepreneurial decisions using data on mineral payments from Texas shale drilling to individuals throughout the United States and found that large cash windfalls increase business formation by 0.8 to 2.1 percentage points, but do not affect transitions to self-employment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the resolution of disputes between firms and their lenders through external mediators, who suggest a non-legally binding solution to resolve a disagreement after communicating with all parties, was studied.