2nd Annual Behavioural Finance Conference

GOODES HALL, ROOM 353,
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
MAY 1-2, 2011
Organizers: Fatma Sonmez and Fabio Moneta
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Please contact Amy Marshall or Fatma Sonmez for further information on registration.
Tentative Program
First day: Sunday, May 1, 2011
| 7:30-8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast: Goodes Hall Atrium |
| 8:00-8:15 AM | Welcome Remark: David M. Saunders, Dean, Queen's School of Business, Queen's University |
| 8:15-9:15 AM | "What Investors Want, What They Do, and How Their Portfolios Perform" Author/s: Hersh Shefrin and Arvid O. Hoffmann Presenter: Hersh Shefrin, Santa Clara University, USA Discussant: Pauline Shum, York University, Canada |
| 9:15-10:15 AM | "Local Investors, Price Discovery and Market Efficiency" Author/s: Sophie Shive, University of Notre Dame, USA Presenter: Sophie Shive, University of Notre Dame, USA Discussant: Wei Wang, Queen's University, Canada |
| 10:15-10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:45 AM | "The Expertise of Mutual Fund Managers" Author/s: Werner DeBondt and Wei Xu Presenter: Werner DeBondt, DePaul University, USA Discussant: Kent Womack, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 11:45-1:45 PM | Lunch: Goodes Hall Atrium. (Sponsored by the CA-Queen's Centre for Governance) |
| 1:45-2:45 PM | "Anchoring Savings: A Field Experiment" Author/s: James Choi, Emily Haisley, Jennifer Kurkoski, and Cade Massey Presenter: James Choi, Yale University, USA Discussant: Alessandro Previtero, University of Western Ontario, Canada |
| 2:45-3:00 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:00-4:00 PM | "The Business Cycle, Investor Sentiment, and Costly External Finance" Author/s: David McLean and Mengxin Zhao,University of Alberta, Canada Presenter: David McLean, University of Alberta, Canada Discussant: Christopher Parsons, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| 5:30-9:00 PM | Thousand Islands cruise and dinner |
Second Day: Monday, May 2, 2011
| 7:45-8:15 AM | Continental Breakfast: Goodes Hall Atrium |
| 8:15-9:15 AM | "Seasonally Varying Preferences: Theoretical Foundations for an Empirical Regularity" Author/s: Mark J. Kamstra, Lisa A. Kramer, Maurice D. Levi, Tan Wang Presenter: Lisa Kramer, University of Toronto, Canada Discussant: Timothy T. Simin, The Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| 9:15-10:15 AM | "Emotional Balance and Risk Attitude" Author/s: Richard Deaves, Narat Charupat, Travis Derouin, Marcelo Klotzle, Peter Miu Presenter: Richard Deaves, McMaster University, Canada Discussant: Jean-Sébastien Michel, HEC Montreal, Canada |
| 10:15-10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:45 AM | "Loss Aversion, Survival and Asset Prices" Author/s: David Easley and Liyan Yang Presenter: Liyan Yang, University of Toronto, Canada Discussant: Guo Ying (Rosemary) Luo, McMaster University, Canada |
