The Seventh Maryland Finance Symposium

Behavioral Finance

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - Saturday, March 31, 2007

Thursday, March 29, 2007

5:30-6:30 p.m. Registration at Inn and Conference Center
6:30-9:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception and Dinner
The Chesapeake Room
Sponsored by  Cornerstone Research; Center for International Business Education and Research,
Smith School

Welcoming Remarks:

Dean Howard Frank
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland
Keynote Speaker: Robert Shiller, Yale University

Friday, March 30, 2007

7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast, Inn and Conference Center
8:15-8:30 a.m. Program Review
Deloitte and Touche Room
1505 Van Munching Hall,
University of Maryland
8:30-9:45 a.m.

The Limits of the Limits of Arbitrage
Presentation Slides

Alon Brav, Duke University
J.B. Heaton,
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar  & Scott LLP
Discussant:
  Mark Loewenstein, University of Maryland

9:45-10:00 a.m. Break
10:00-11:15 a.m.

The Tradeoff between Mortgage Prepayments and Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings
Presentation Slides

Gene Amromin,
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Jennifer Huang, University of Texas at Austin
Clemens Sialm, University of Michigan
Discussant:
  Chester Spatt, SEC/Carnegie Mellon
  
Discussant Presentation Slides

11:15 – 12:30 p.m.

Trading as Entertainment
Presentation Slides

Daniel Dorn, Drexel University
Paul Sengmueller,
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Discussant:
  Simon Gervais, Duke University
 
Discussant Presentation Slides

12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch
3rd Floor Atrium, Van Munching Hall
2:00-3:15 p.m.

Do Security Analysts Speak in Two Tongues?
Presentation Slides

Ulrike Malmendier,
University of California, Berkeley
Devin Shanthikumar, Harvard University
Discussant:
  Gerard Hoberg, University of Maryland
 
Discussant Presentation Slides

3:15-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30-4:45 p.m.

Management Forecasts, Disclosure Quality, and Market Efficiency
Presentation Slides

Jeffrey Ng, University of Pennsylvania
Irem Tuna, University of Pennsylvania
Rodrigo Verdi,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant:
  Tarun Chordia, Emory University
 
Discussant Presentation Slides
6:30-9:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner
Sponsored by Dingman Center and
Smith School Finance Department

Saturday, March 31, 2007

7:00-8:15 a.m. Breakfast, Inn and Conference Center
8:30-9:45 a.m.

The Price of Sin: The Effects of Social Norms on Markets
Presentation Slides

Harrison Hong, Princeton University
Marcin Kacperczyk,
University of British Columbia
Discussant:
  Andrew Metrick, University of Pennsylvania
 
Discussant Presentation Slides

9:45-10:00 a.m. Break
10:00-11:15 a.m.

Commonality in Misvaluation, Equity Financing, and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Presentation Slides

David Hirshleifer,
University of California at Irvine
Danling Jiang, Florida State University
Discussant:
  Jay Ritter, University of Florida

11:15 – 12:30 p.m.

In Search of Distress Risk
Presentation Slides

John Y. Campbell, Harvard University
Jens Hilscher, Brandeis University
Jan Szilagyi, Duquesne Capital Management LLC
Discussant:
  Kose John, New York University
 
Discussant Presentation Slides

12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch
3rd Floor Atrium, Van Munching Hall
2:00-3:15 p.m.

Risk Aversion and Clientele Effects
Presentation Slides

Douglas W. Blackburn, Indiana University
William N. Goetzmann, Yale University
Andrey D. Ukhov, Indiana University
Discussant:
  Ravi Jagannathan, Northwestern University
 
Discussant Presentation Slides

3:15-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30-4:45 p.m.

Analyst Recommendations, Mutual Fund Herding, and  Overreaction in Stock Prices
Presentation Slides

Nerissa C. Brown,
University of Southern California
Kelsey D. Wei, University of Texas at Dallas
Russ Wermers, University of Maryland
Discussant:
  Amit Seru, University of Michigan
 
Discussant Presentation Slides
6:00 p.m. Dinner (Open)
 
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