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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Behavioral Working Group
Behavioral Finance Meeting

Andrei Shleifer and Luigi Zingales, Organizers

April 20, 2013

University of Chicago
Gleacher Center, Booth School of Business (Downtown Chicago)
Room 100
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL

PROGRAM

Friday, April 19, 2013

6:30 pm

Joint Reception and Dinner University of Chicago, Gleacher Center, Executive Dining Room 621 450 North Cityfront Drive Chicago, IL

Saturday, April 20, 2013

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Nicola Gennaioli, University of Bocconi
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER
Robert Vishny, University of Chicago and NBER

Money Doctors

Discussant: Xavier Gabaix, New York University and NBER

9:45 am

John Chalmers, University of Oregon
Jonathan Reuter, Boston College and NBER
What is the Impact of Financial Advisors on Retirement Portfolio Choices and Outcomes??

Discussant: Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Northwestern University and NBER

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Umit Gurun, Univesity of Texas at Dallas
Gregor Matvos, University of Chicago and NBER
Amit Seru, University of Chicago and NBER
Advertising Expensive Mortgages

Discussant: Eric Zitzewitz, Dartmouth College and NBER

11:45 am

Santosh Anagol, Univrersity of Pennsylvania
Shawn A. Cole, Harvard University
Shayak Sarkar, Harvard University
Understanding the Advice of Commissions-Motivated Agents: Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market

Discussant: Devin Pope, University of Chicago and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch- Executive Dining Room 621

1:30 pm

John Y. Campbell, Harvard University and NBER

Tarun Ramadorai, University of Oxford
Benjamin Ranish, Harvard University

Getting Better: Learning to Invest in an Emerging Stock Market

Discussant: Stefan Nagel, Stanford University and NBER

2:15 pm

Luigi Guiso, European University Institute
Paola Sapienza, Northwestern University and NBER

Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago and NBER

Time Varying Risk Aversion

Discussant: Nicholas Barberis, Yale University and NBER

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Panel: Investors and Their Advisors
Bruce Carlin, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER

Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Richard Thaler, University of Chicago and NBER

4:30 pm

Adjourn

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