Behavioral Finance Meeting

Nicholas C. Barberis, Organizer

October 30, 2020

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, October 30
FORMAT: 20 minutes for presenter; 15 minutes for the discussant; and 10 minutes of Q&A
11:00 am
Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER
Ralph S. J. Koijen, University of Chicago and NBER

In Search of the Origins of Financial Fluctuations: The Inelastic Markets Hypothesis
Discussant: Michael W. Brandt, Duke University
11:45 am
Tobias J. Moskowitz, Yale University and NBER
Kaushik Vasudevan, Purdue University

What Can Betting Markets Tell Us About Investor Preferences and Beliefs? Implications for Low Risk Anomalies
Discussant: Ted O'Donoghue, Cornell University
12:30 pm
Break
1:30 pm
Alexander M. Chinco, Baruch College
Samuel M. Hartzmark, Boston College and NBER
Abigail Sussman, University of Chicago

Necessary Evidence For A Risk Factor’s Relevance
Discussant: Elena Asparouhova, University of Utah
2:15 pm
Nikolai Roussanov, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Hongxun Ruan, Peking University, Guanghua School of Management
Yanhao Wei, University of Southern California

Mutual Fund Flows and Performance in (Imperfectly) Rational Markets?
Discussant: Jiacui Li, University of Utah
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Pooya Molavi, Northwestern University
Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Northwestern University
Andrea Vedolin, Boston University and NBER

Asset Pricing with Misspecified Models
Discussant: Benjamin M. Hébert, Stanford University and NBER
4:15 pm
Allen Hu, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business
Song Ma, Yale University and NBER

Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study
Discussant: Emily Falk, University of Pennsylvania
5:00 pm
Adjourn