In this paper we report an eye-tracking experiment designed to investigate syntactic and phonological parallelism effects in comprehension. Eye-movements were recorded while participants read sentences that contained particle verb constructions. Each experimental item included a coordinated verb phrase (VP), whose two conjuncts either exhibited parallel syntactic forms in terms of particle plac...

Abstract We study whether firms that are led by chief executive officers (CEOs) with law degrees (lawyer CEOs) have different credit ratings and costs of debt from other firms. Our sample consists Standard & Poor’s 1500 1992 to 2020, 9.2% which lawyer CEOs. find these better ratings, compared On average, their cost is 10% lower than CEOs without legal backgrounds. results robust specificati...