A research conference jointly sponsored by
The University of Oregon
and The Journal of Financial Economics
at the Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon
September 17-18, 2004
We solicit submission of theoretical and empirical papers that study issues
in delegated portfolio management. Investors have many choices of investment
services, including those provided by open- and closed-end mutual funds,
pension funds, venture capital funds, banks, insurance companies, hedge funds,
and exchange
traded funds. We are broadly interested in research on how investors choose,
monitor, and evaluate money managers and on how money managers innovate and
compete. Topics relevant to the conference include, but are not limited to,
the following:
Advertising, marketing, sales practices, and brokerage activities;
Compensation of professional money managers;
Contracting issues, governance issues, and organizational form;
Effects of taxes and transaction costs;
Insurance as a savings vehicle;
Investor (client) behavior;
Performance evaluation; and
Regulation and disclosure requirements.
Submission deadline is June 1, 2004. Papers accepted for the conference
will be eligible for a symposium issue of the Journal of Financial
Economics. Acceptance
of a paper for the conference does not assure publication by the
Journal of Financial Economics. The first submission fee will be
waived for papers
solicited
by the Journal of Financial Economics. Submit three paper copies
of manuscripts to:
Professor Wayne Mikkelson
Lundquist College of Business
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
USA wmikkels@uoregon.edu
