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John Chalmers
Abbott Keller Professor of Finance
Affiliations: Finance, Cameron Center for Finance and Securities Analysis, Master of Science in Finance, Oregon MBA, Undergraduate Programs
Email: jchalmer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3337
Office: Anstett 393E
Journal Articles:
Chalmers, John, Z. Jay Wang, and Jingyun Yang. "Fund Structure and Liquidity Management: Evidence from Open- Vs. Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds." Finance Research Letters 73: 106499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106499.
March 2025
Chalmers, John, Olivia S. Mitchell, Jonathan Reuter, and Mingli Zhong. "Do State-Sponsored Retirement Plans Boost Retirement Saving?" American Economic Review 112: 142-46. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20221021.
May 2022
Chalmers, John, Yu (Steve) Liu, and Z. Jay Wang. "The Difference a Day Makes: Timely Disclosure and Trading Efficiency in the Muni Market." Journal of Financial Economics 139, no. 1: 313-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.07.015.
January 2021
Chalmers, John, and Jonathan Reuter. "Is Conflicted Advice Better Than No Advice?" Journal of Financial Economics 138, no. 2: 366-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.05.005.
November 2020
Chalmers, John, Woodrow T. Johnson, and Jonathan Reuter. "The Effect of Pension Design on Employer Costs and Employee Retirement Choices: Evidence from Oregon." Journal of Public Economics 116: 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.07.001.
August 2014
Chalmers, John, Adotya Kaul, and Blake Phillips. "The Wisdom of Crowds: Mutual Fund Investors' Aggregate Asset Allocation Decisions." Journal of Banking and Finance 37, no. 9: 3318-3333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.05.004.
September 2013
Chalmers, John, and Jonathan Reuter. "How Do Retirees Value Life Annuities? Evidence from Public Employees." The Review of Financial Studies 25, no. 8: 2601-2634. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhs057.
August 2012
Bergstresser, Daniel, John M. R. Chalmers, and Pater Tufano. "Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Brokers in the Mutual Fund Industry." Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 10: 4129-4156. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhp022.
October 2009
Chalmers, John M. R.. "Systematic Risk and the Muni Puzzle." National Tax Journal 59, no. 4: 833-848. https://doi.org/10.17310/ntj.2006.4.05.
December 2006
Chalmers, John M. R., Larry Y. Dann, and Jarrad Harford. "Managerial Opportunism? Evidence from Directors' and Officers' Insurance Purchases." Journal of Finance 57, no. 2: 609-636. https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6261.00436.
April 2002
Chalmers, John M. R., Roger M. Edelen, and Gregory B. Kadlec. "On the Perils of Financial Intermediaries Setting Security Prices: The Mutual Fund Wild Card Option." Journal of Finance 56, no. 6: 2209-2236. https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-1082.00403.
December 2001
Chalmers, John M. R., and Gregory B. Kadlec. "An Empirical Study of the Amortized Spread." Journal of Financial Economics 48, no. 2: 159-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-405X(98)00007-5.
May 1998
Chalmers, John M. R. "Default Risk Cannot Explain the Muni Puzzle: Evidence from Municipal Bonds that are Secured by U.S. Treasury Obligations." Review of Financial Studies 11, no. 2: 281-308. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/11.2.281.
April 1998
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