A Research Conference Focused on Institutional Investors and the Asset Management Industry, sponsored by the Cameron Center for Finance and Securities Analysis
July 28-July 30, 2013, University of Oregon
Session 1
| Authors | Title | Discussant |
|---|---|---|
| Jarrad Harford - University of Washington; Eli Fich - Drexel University; Anh Tran - City University of London | Motivated Monitors: The Importance of Institutional Investors' Portfolio Weights | Greg Kadlec - Virginia Tech |
| Valery Polkovnichenko - Federal Reserve Board; Kelsey Wei - University of Texas at Dallas; Feng Zhao - University of Texas at Dallas | Cautious Risk - Takers: Investor Preferences and Demand for Active Management | Clemens Sialm-University of Texas at Austin |
| Miguel Ferreira - Nova School of Business and Economics; Massimo Massa - INSEAD; Pedro Matos - University of Virginia | Investor Stock Decoupling in Mutual Funds | Christopher Schwarz - University of California at Irvine |
Session 2
| Authors | Title | Discussant |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Iliev - Pennsylvania State University; Michelle Lowery - Pennsylvania State University | Are Mutual Funds Active Voters? | Yonca Ertimur - University of Colorado |
| Vayacheslav (Slava) Fos - University of Illinois; Pierre Collin-Dufresne - Columbia University | Do Prices Reveal the Presence of Informed Trading? | Jennifer Koski - University of Washington |
| Richard Evans - University of Virginia; Miguel Ferreira - Nova School of Business; Melissa Prado - Nova School of Business | Equity Lending, Investment Restrictions and Fund Performance | Jonathan Reuter - Boston College |
Session 3
| Authors | Title | Discussant |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Clifford - University of Kentucky; Adam Aiken - Quinnipiac University; Jesse Ellis - University of Alabama | Discretionary Liquidity: Hedge Funds, Side Pockets, and Gates | Paula Tkac, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Neng Wang - Columbia University; Morten Sorensen - Columbia University; Jinqiang Yang - Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | Valuing Private Equity | Youchang Wu - University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| Zheng Sun - University of California at Irvine; Clemens Sialm - University of Texas at Austin; Lu Zheng - University of California at Irvine | Home Bias and Local Contagion: Evidence from Funds of Hedge Funds | Mark Westerfield - University of Washington |