NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
BEHAVIORAL FINANCE PROGRAM MEETING
Robert J. Shiller and Richard H. Thaler, Organizers
April 10, 2004
University of Chicago
Gleacher Center, GSB (Downtown Chicago)
Room 100
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, APRIL 9:
6:30 PM Joint Dinner
University of Chicago
Gleacher Center
Room 621
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL
SATURDAY, APRIL 10:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM HARRISON HONG, Princeton University
JEREMY STEIN, Harvard University and NBER
Simple Forecasts and Paradigm Shifts
Discussant: PIETRO VERONESI, University of Chicago and NBER
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM ALOK KUMAR, University of Norte Dame
CHARLES M.K. LEE, Cornell University
Mass Psychology and Returns Comovements: The Case of Retail Trades
Discussant: JEFFREY WURGLER, New York University and NBER
11:15 AM DAVID HIRSHLEIFER, KEWEI HOU, SIEW HONG TEOH, and YINGLEI ZHANG,
Ohio State University Do Investors Overvalue Firms with Bloated Balance Sheets?
Discussant: KENT DANIEL, Northwestern University and NBER
12:15 PM Lunch- Room 621
1:15 PM ROBIN GREENWOOD, Harvard University
Aggregate Corporate Liquidity and Stock Returns
Discussant: OWEN LAMONT, Yale University and NBER
Over, Please!
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2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM ANNA SCHERBINA, Harvard University
Analyst Disagreement, Forecast Bias and Stock Returns
Discussant: NARASIMHAN JEGADEESH, Emory University
3:30 PM DANIEL BERGSTRESSER, Harvard University
MIHIR DESAI, Harvard University and NBER
JOSHUA RAUH, MIT
Earnings Manipulation: Evidence from Pension Decision Making
Discussant: SHLOMO BENARTZI, UC, Los Angeles
4:30 PM Adjourn
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