Diane Del Guercio

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Degree History:

PhD, University of Chicago, 1994
MA, University of Chicago, 1989
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1986

Research/Teaching Awards:

Gerry and Marilyn Cameron Distinguished Research Scholar

Bio:

Professor Del Guercio's current research interests include the investment practices of institutional investors and the role of pension funds in corporate governance. She has taught at the University of Southern California and the University of Queensland. She is currently the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at the Lundquist College; formerly she served as Finance Department Head.

Specialty

Corporate Governance
Institutional Investors
Pension Funds and Mutual Funds

Journal Articles

Del Guercio, Diane, and Tracie Woidtke. "Can Strong Corporate Governance Mitigate the Negative Influence of 'Special Interest' Shareholder Activists? Evidence from the Labor Market for Directors." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 54, no. 4: 1573-1614. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109018001217.
August 2019
Del Guercio, Diane, Egemen Genc, and Hai Tran. "Playing Favorites: Conflicts of Interest in Mutual Fund Management." Journal of Financial Economics 128, no. 3: 535-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.04.012.
June 2018
Del Guercio, Diane, Elizabeth R. Odders-White, and Mark J. Ready. "The Deterrent Effect of the SEC's Enforcement Intensity on Illegal Insider Trading: Evidence from Run-Up Before News Events." Journal of Law and Economics 60, no. 2: 269-307. https://doi.org/10.1086/693563.
May 2017
Del Guercio, Diane, and Jonathan Reuter. "Mutual Fund Performance and the Incentive to Generate Alpha." Journal of Finance 69, no. 4: 1673-1704. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12048.
August 2014
Del Guercio, Diane, and Paula A. Tkac. "Star Power: The Effect of Morningstar Ratings on Mutual Fund Flow." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 43, no. 4: 907-936. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109000014393.
December 2008
Del Guercio, Diane, Laura Seery, and Tracie Woidtke. "Do Boards Pay Attention when Institutional Investor Activists 'Just Vote No'?." Journal of Financial Economics 90, no. 1: 84-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.01.002.
October 2008
Del Guercio, Diane, Larry Y. Dann, and M. Megan Partch. "Governance and Boards of Directors in Closed-end Investment Companies." Journal of Financial Economics 69, no. 1: 111-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00110-7.
July 2003
Del Guercio, Diane, and Paula A. Tkac. "The Determinants of the Flow of Funds of Managed Portfolios: Mutual Funds versus Pension Funds." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 37, no. 4: 523-557. https://doi.org/10.2307/3595011.
December 2002
Del Guercio, Diane, and Jennifer Hawkins. "The Motivation and Impact of Pension Fund Activism." Journal of Financial Economics 52, no. 3: 293-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00011-2.
June 1999
Del Guercio, Diane. "The Distorting Effect of the Prudent Man Laws on Institutional Equity Investments." Journal of Financial Economics 40, no 1: 31-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X(95)00841-2.
January 1996

Book Chapters

Del Guercio, Diane, and Hai Tran. "Institutional Investor Activism." In Socially Responsible Finance and Investing: Financial Institutions, Corporations, Investors, and Activists, edited by H. Kent Baker and John R. Nofsinger: 359-380. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118524015.
September 2012

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