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Christopher Clifford

- Verified email at uky.edu - Cited by 1300

Chris Clifford

- Verified email at auburn.edu - Cited by 437

Value creation or destruction? Hedge funds as shareholder activists

CP Clifford - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2008 - Elsevier
I examine the effects of shareholder activism by hedge funds from 1998–2005. When hedge
funds accumulate more than 5% of a firm, they must file a regulatory disclosure with the SEC …

Out of the dark: Hedge fund reporting biases and commercial databases

AL Aiken, CP Clifford, J Ellis - The Review of Financial Studies, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We examine the potential for selection bias in voluntarily reported hedge fund performance
data. We construct a set of hedge fund returns that have never been reported to a …

Control of oblique shock wave/boundary layer interactions using plasma actuators

N Webb, C Clifford, M Samimy - Experiments in fluids, 2013 - Springer
Localized arc filament plasma actuators (LAFPAs) are used for shock wave/boundary layer
interaction induced separation control in a Mach 2.3 flow. The boundary layer is fully …

What drives ETF flows?

CP Clifford, JA Fulkerson, BD Jordan - Financial Review, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The value of exchange traded fund (ETF) assets has increased from $66 billion in 2000 to
almost a trillion dollars in 2010. We use this massive expansion in ETF assets to study what …

Blockholder heterogeneity, CEO compensation, and firm performance

CP Clifford, L Lindsey - Journal of Financial and Quantitative …, 2016 - cambridge.org
This paper examines heterogeneity in blockholder monitoring across investor types. We
document which blockholder types (eg, mutual funds, hedge funds) are more likely to be …

Effectiveness of isometric exercise in the management of tendinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

C Clifford, D Challoumas, L Paul… - BMJ open sport & …, 2020 - bmjopensem.bmj.com
Objective To systematically review and critically appraise the literature on the effectiveness
of isometric exercise in comparison with other treatment strategies or no treatment in …

Topical glyceryl trinitrate for the treatment of tendinopathies: a systematic review

…, PD Kirwan, D Borysov, C Clifford… - British journal of sports …, 2019 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To produce a best evidence synthesis of the clinical effects of topical glyceryl
trinitrate (GTN) in the treatment of tendinopathies. Design A systematic review of published …

Hedge funds and discretionary liquidity restrictions

AL Aiken, CP Clifford, JA Ellis - Journal of Financial Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
We study hedge funds that imposed discretionary liquidity restrictions (DLRs) on investor
shares during the financial crisis. DLRs prolong fund life, but impose liquidity costs on investors…

How does surgery compare to sham surgery or physiotherapy as a treatment for tendinopathy? A systematic review of randomised trials

D Challoumas, C Clifford, P Kirwan… - BMJ open sport & …, 2019 - bmjopensem.bmj.com
Purpose To assess the effectiveness of surgery on all tendinopathies by comparing it to no
treatment, sham surgery and exercise-based therapies for both mid-term (12 months) and …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships among adult playfulness, stress, and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Clifford, E Paulk, Q Lin, J Cadwallader, K Lubbers… - Current …, 2022 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic created high levels of stress that negatively affect mental health
and well-being. The stress and coping process is influenced by individual difference factors, …