Behavioral Finance Meeting
Organized by James J. Choi and Kelly Shue
April 11, 2015
University of Chicago, Gleacher Center

Saturday, April 11

8:30 am

What Drives Peer Effects in Financial Decision-Making? Neural and Behavioral Evidence

Cary Frydman, University of Southern California

9:30 am

Do Credit Card Companies Screen for Behavioral Biases?

Hong Ru, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

11:00 am

Is Investor Attention for Sale? The Role of Advertising in Financial Markets

Joshua Madsen, University of Minnesota

1:00 pm

Financial Markets where Traders Neglect the Informational Content of Prices

Erik Eyster, University of California, Santa Barbara
Matthew Rabin, Harvard University
Dimitri Vayanos, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER

2:00 pm

A Tug of War: Overnight versus Intraday Expected Returns

Dong Lou, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Christopher Polk, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Spyros Skouras, Athens University of Economics and Business

3:30 pm

Do Managers Overreact to Salient Risks? Evidence from Hurricane Strikes

olivier dessaint, University of Toronto
Adrien Matray, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta