PAST CONFERENCES Fall 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Winter2011 2011 Fall 2011   Conference on Household Portfolio Choice  and Investment Decisions Friday March 16, 2012   Conference Overview The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research invites academics to present their current research on topics broadly related to individual and household portfolio choice and investment decisions.  The conference participants include academicians and practitioners with special expertise in this area.  The majority of the papers will include empirical work.  The format of the conference will involve the presentation of four or five papers with one or two discussants for each paper.  Attendance is by invitation only. Participation is by invitation only.   8:30 - 9:00       Continental Breakfast   9:00 - 10:15     Misvaluing Innovation                         Lauren Cohen, Harvard Business School (presenter) Karl Diether, Dartmouth College Christopher Malloy, Harvard Business School                           Discussants:    Todd Gormley, Wharton School                                                 Sean Campbell, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System             10:30 – 11:45 Star Rankings and Optimal Asset Allocation                         Robert L. McDonald, Northwestern University (presenter)                         Thomas A. Rietz, University of Iowa                           Discussants:    Simon Gervais, Duke University                                                 Owen Lamont, Harvard University                           11:45 – 1:30    Lunchtime Speaker, Andrew Lo, MIT                          “Can Financial Engineering Cure Cancer?”                           1:45 – 3:00      Retirement Investing: Analyzing the ‘Roth’ Conversion and Re-characterization Options Robert Dammon, Carnegie Mellon University Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University  (presenter) Harold H. Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas   Discussants:    Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, New York University                         Joel Dickson, Vanguard   3:15 – 4:30      Health and Mortality Delta: Assessing the Welfare Cost of Household Insurance Choice                         Ralph S. J. Koijen, University of Chicago Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, New York University Motohiro Yogo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (presenter)                           Discussants:    Olivia Mitchell, Wharton School                                                 Brett Hammond, TIAA-CREF                           4:30                 Adjournment   Organizing Committee The conference is organized by Professor Jessica Wachter from the Finance Department of the Wharton School. Conference Location: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Conference Administrator Elaine M. Thomas Associate Director Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 3254 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6367 rlwctr@finance.wharton.upenn.edu (215) 898-7616 (215) 573-8084 (Fax)
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