LCB Profile
Diane Del Guercio
Associate Professor
Office phone: 541-346-5179
Fax Number: 541-346-3341
E-mail: dianedg@uoregon.edu
Department: Finance
Office: 389 Lillis
Degree History
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1994
M.A., University of Chicago, 1989
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1986
Research/Teaching Awards:
Peter W. and Maryanne L. Powell Distinguished Research Scholar
Recent Publications
"Star Power: The Effect of Morningstar Ratings on Mutual Fund Flow," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 43, 2008 (with P. Tkac)
"Do Boards Pay Attention when Institutional Investor Activists ‘Just Vote No," Journal of Financial Economics, 90, 2008 (with L. Seery and T. Woidtke)
"Governance and Boards of Directors in Closed-end Investment Companies," Journal of Financial Economics, 69, 2003 (with L. Dann and M. Partch)
"The Determinants of the Flow of Funds of Managed Portfolios: Mutual Funds versus Pension Funds," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 37, 2002 (with P. Tkac)
"The Motivation and Impact of Pension Fund Activism," Journal of Financial Economics, 52, 1999 (with J. Hawkins)
"The Distorting Effect of the Prudent Man Laws on Institutional Equity Investments," Journal of Financial Economics, 40, 1996
Current Projects:
"Unbundling the Value of Portfolio Management and Distribution in Retail Mutual Funds: Evidence from Subadvisory Contracts" (with P. Tkac and J. Reuter)
An Analysis of the Price and Liquidity Effects of Illegal Insider Trading (with M. Ready and E. Odders-White)
Biography
Professor Del Guercio's current research interests include the investment practices of institutional investors and the role of pension funds in corporate governance. She has taught at the University of Southern California and the University of Queensland. She is currently the Finance Ph.D. program coordinator and LCB's PhD Program Director.
