Posted 8/19/07
CALL FOR PAPERS:
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND THE ASSET MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY
A research conference hosted by the
Finance Department at the Lundquist College of Business
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
July 31 - August 1, 2008
We solicit submission of empirical and theoretical papers
that study issues involving institutional investors and the
asset management industry in which they operate. We are
broadly interested in research on how investors choose,
monitor, and evaluate money managers and on how money
managers innovate and compete. Institutional investors
include professional portfolio managers of open- and
closed-end mutual funds, pension funds, venture capital
funds, banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, private
equity funds, and exchange traded funds.
TOPICS:
Topics relevant to the conference include, but are not
limited to, the following:
Contracting issues and organizational form
Performance evaluation
Effects of taxes and transaction costs
Investor (client) behavior
Regulation and disclosure requirements
Institutional trading strategies
Governance and asset management
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Submission deadline is April 1, 2008. Authors will be
notified of paper selection by May 1, 2008. The conference
fee of $250 includes meals that begin with dinner on July
30th and conclude with lunch on August 1st. Participants
are responsible for airfare and lodging.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
An electronic copy of the manuscript should be submitted
to:
CONTACT: Diane Del Guercio
Email: MAILTO:dianedg@uoregon.edu
Direct any questions to:
CONTACT: Professor John Chalmers
or Professor Diane Del Guercio
Lundquist College of Business
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
USA
Email: MAILTO:jchalmer@uoregon.edu
Email: MAILTO:dianedg@uoregon.edu