CONFERENCE PROGRAM

NOTE: 2013 PROGRAM

Sunday August 25, 2013

18:00
onwards

WELCOME RECEPTION
Opening words by Aalto University School of Economics Department of Finance Chair Vesa Puttonen. Food and drink will be served. Please, take the elevator from the ground floor lobby to foyer at the 1st floor.

Monday August 26, 2013

08:30 – 09:00	COFFEE
09:00 – 10:30	Session 1: NAMES AND GAMES Chair: Matti Keloharju, Aalto University Playing Favorites: How Firms Prevent the Revelation of Bad News Dong Lou, London School of Economics Discussant: Javed Ahmed, Federal Reserve Board of Governors The Power of Primacy: Alphabetic Bias, Investor Recognition, and Market Outcomes Heiko Jacobs, University of Mannheim Discussant: Markku Kaustia, Aalto University
10:30 – 11:00	BREAK
11:00 – 12:30	Session 2: FUND MATTERS Chair: Matti Suominen, Aalto University Excess Autocorrelation and Mutual Fund Performance Xi Dong, INSEAD Discussant: Joni Kokkonen, Católica – Lisbon School of Business and Economics Hedge Fund Return Misreporting: Incentives and Effects Petri Jylhä, Imperial College London Discussant: Sevinc Cukurova, Aalto University
12:30 – 14:00	LUNCH 2^nd floor foyer / lobby
14:00 – 15:30	Session 3: PERFECT MARKETS? Chair: Xi Dong, INSEAD Thinking Outside the Borders: Investors’ Inattention to Foreign Operations Xing Huang, University of California, Berkeley Discussant: Sami Torstila, Aalto University No News Is News: Do Markets Underreact to Nothing? Stefano Giglio, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and NBER Discussant: Ville Rantala, Aalto University
15:30 – 16:00	BREAK
16:00 – 17:00	KEYNOTE SPEECH Kent Daniel, Columbia University
19:00 onwards	DINNER Restaurant Särkkälinna located on the Särkkä Island We'll take the 18:40 ferry to the Särkkä island from the Ullanlinna pier. The long white pier is located next to Cafe Ursula. The ferry leaves from the end of the pier and the trip to Särkkä takes approx. 5-7 minutes.

Tuesday August 27, 2013

08:30 – 09:30	COFFEE
09:30 – 11:00	Session 4: BAD CHOICES Chair: Sami Torstila, Aalto University Limited Attention and the Uninformative Persuasion of Mutual Fund Investors Kuntara Pukthuanthong, San Diego State University Discussant: Petri Jylhä, Imperial College London Made Poorer by Choice: Worker Outcomes in Social Security v. Private Retirement Accounts Javed Ahmed, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Discussant: Matti Keloharju, Aalto University
11:00 – 11:15	BREAK
11:15 – 12:45	Session 5: ECHOES FROM THE PAST Chair: Markku Kaustia, Aalto University Prenatal Exposure to Testosterone Reduces the Gender Gap in Financial Risk Taking Alessandro Previtero, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey Business School Discussant: Antti Lehtoranta, Aalto University Labor Market Experiences and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from the Finnish Great Depression Samuli Knüpfer, London Business School Discussant: Alessandro Previtero, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey Business School
12:45 – 13:30	LUNCH 2^nd floor foyer / lobby
13:30 – 13:35	CLOSING WORDS

Program for HFS 2012

Program for HFS 2011