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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