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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Behavioral Economics Working Group

Joseph Engelberg and Christopher A. Parsons, Organizers

October 24-25, 2013

University of California- San Diego
Rady School of Management
Otterson Hall Room 4E106

9500 Gilman Drive
San Diego, CA 92093

PROGRAM

Thursday, October 24, 2013

12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	PRICING PUZZLES Clifford Assness, AQR Andrea Frazzini, AQR Lasse Pedersen, AQR Quality Minus Junk Discussant: Charles M. C. Lee, Stanford University Martin Cherkes, Columbia University Charles M. Jones, Columbia University Chester S. Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER A Solution to the Palm-3Com Spin-off Puzzles Discussant: Christopher Polk, London School of Economics
3:00 pm	Break
3:30 pm	PH.D STUDENT SESSION Chi Liao, University of Toronto Risk Taking Begets Risk Taking: Evidence from Casino Openings and Investor Portfolios (Ph.D. Student) Discussant: Stefano DellaVigna, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Francesco DAcunto, University of California at Berkeley Identity, Overconfidence and Investment Decisions Discussant: Stephan Siegel, University of Washington
5:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Dinner Estancia La Jolla Hotel 9700 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA
Friday, October 25, 2013

7:45 am	Continental Breakfast
8:15 am	: TRANSMISSION BIASES Bing Han, University of Texas, Austin David Hirshleifer, University of California, Irvine Visibility Bias in the Transmission of Consumption Norms and Undersaving Discussant: Christopher Malloy, Harvard University and NBER Lauren Cohen, Harvard University and NBER Dong Lou, London School of Economics Christopher Malloy, Harvard University and NBER Playing Favorites: How Firms Prevent the Revelation of Bad News Discussant: David Solomon, University of Southern California
10:15 am	Break
10:45 am	PORTFOLIO CHOICE Mark Kamstra, York University Lisa A. Kramer, University of Toronto Maurice Levi, University of British Columbia Russ Wermers, University of Maryland at College Park Seasonal Asset Allocation: Evidence from Mutual Fund Flows Discussant: Kelly Shue, University of Chicago Harrison Hong, Princeton University and NBER Hyun-Soo Choi, Singapore Management University Jeffrey Kubik, Syracuse University Jeffrey P. Thompson, Federal Reserve Board When Real Estate is the Only Game in Town Discussant: Christopher Mayer, Columbia University and NBER
12:45 pm	Adjourn
10/8/13