Malcolm Wardlaw

• Corporate finance
• Banking and institutional capital
• Labor and finance
• Econometrics and Empirical Methods

Journal Articles

• Cohn, Jonathan, Travis Johnson, Zack Liu, and Malcolm Wardlaw (2026). “Past is Prologue: Inference from the Cross Section of Returns Around an Event.” Journal of Financial Economics 180, 104278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2026.104278
• Traweek, Virginia, and Malcolm Wardlaw (2025). “Societal Inequality and Bank Deposit Dynamics: Evidence from the Freedman’s Savings Bank.” Review of Financial Studies 38(11), 3374 to 3410. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhaf065
• Traweek, Virginia, and Malcolm Wardlaw (2025). “Racial Violence, Political Representation, and the Threat to Banks as Open Access Institutions.” Journal of Banking and Finance 172, 107382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2025.107382
• Cohn, Jonathan, Zack Liu, and Malcolm Wardlaw (2022). “Count (and Count-Like) Data in Finance.” Journal of Financial Economics 146(2), 529 to 551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.08.004
• Traweek, Virginia, and Malcolm Wardlaw (2022). “Freedman’s Savings and Trust Bank Passbook and Dividend Repayment Records.” Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3(1). https://doi.org/10.25971/7jn5-5×58
• Cohn, Jonathan, Nicole Nestoriak, and Malcolm Wardlaw (2021). “Private Equity Buyouts and Workplace Safety.” Review of Financial Studies 34(10), 4832 to 4875. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhab001
• Wardlaw, Malcolm (2020). “Measuring Mutual Fund Flow Pressure as Shock to Stock Returns.” Journal of Finance 75(6), 3221 to 3243. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12962
• Cohn, Jonathan, and Malcolm Wardlaw (2016). “Financing Constraints and Workplace Safety.” Journal of Finance 71(5), 2017 to 2058. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12430
• Kang, Ari, Richard Lowery, and Malcolm Wardlaw (2015). “The Costs of Closing Failed Banks: A Structural Estimation of Regulatory Incentives.” Review of Financial Studies 28(4), 1060 to 1102. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhu076