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Camelia
M. Kuhnen
Assistant Professor of Finance
Finance Department
Ph.D.
in Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business,
June 2006; B.S. in Finance, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, June 2001; B.S. in Brain &
Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, June 2001
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| Academic
Positions Held |
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Assistant
Professor of Finance
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University,
July 2006 – present |
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| Research
Interests |
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Empirical
Corporate Finance, Behavioral Finance and Economics, Contract
Theory, Neuroeconomics / Neurofinance |
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| Papers |
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I.
EMPIRICAL CORPORATE FINANCE “Social
Networks, Corporate Governance and Contracting in the
Mutual Fund Industry”, Working paper, November 2005
“Dynamic
Contracting in the Mutual Fund Industry”, Working
paper, June 2004
“Executive Pay, Hidden Compensation
and Managerial Entrenchment” (with Jeffrey Zwiebel), Working paper, November 2006
II. NEUROECONOMICS/EXPERIMENTAL FINANCE
“The
Neural Basis of Financial Risk-Taking” (with Brian
Knutson), Neuron, 47:763-770, September 2005
“The
Impact of Incidental Emotions on Experimental Stock
Market Prices” (with Antonio Rangel and Colin
Camerer), Working paper, Stanford Graduate School of
Business, December 2004 |
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| Work
in Progress |
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"Are Management Fees of Variable Life Insurance Products Too High?"
"Escalation of Commitment and Disinvestment Decisions", with Ulrike Malmendier
"Neural Predictors of Overconfidence in Financial Decision-Making", with Brian Knutson
"Exogenous Manipulation of Nucleus Accumbens and Financial Risk-Seeking" with Brian Knutson, G. Elliott Wimmer and Piotr Winkielman
"The Neuroeconomics of Aging - Individual Differences in Financial Risk Taking Across the Lifespan", with Brian Knutson
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| Grants, Awards
and Academic Distinctions |
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2006 NASD Investor Education Foundation Grant for the project "Individual Differences in Financial Risk Taking Across the Lifespan"
2006 Best Paper in Financial Institutions and Regulation, Midwest Finance Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Best Ph.D. Student Paper, Financial Research Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
2003 Jadicke Merit Award for outstanding academic performance, Stanford GSB
2001 MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Award for outstanding research
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| Refereeing and Program Committees |
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Referee for the Journal of Finance, the American Economic Review, the Economic Journal, Management
Science
Program Committee member for the 2007 FMA Annual Meeting
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| Invited
Conferences and Presentations |
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January 2007
UNC Finance Conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
AFA Meeting, Chicago, Illinois -- discussant
December 2006
California Institute of Technology - HSS Division
November 2006
NBER Corporate Finance Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
Denison University
October
2006
Yale School of Management
NERA Economic Consulting
September
2006
MIT Sloan School of Management
Society for Neuroeconomics Annual Conference, Park City, Utah
August
2006
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics –
Psychology & Economics
April 2006
University of Cologne, Germany
March
2006
Midwest Finance Association Meeting, Chicago, USA
February
2006
Boundaries of SEC Regulation Conference, Claremont,
California
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern
California
Carroll School of Management, Boston College
London Business School
January 2006
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
Harvard Business School-Finance Group
Harvard Business School-Negotiations, Organizations
and Markets Group
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Johnson School, Cornell University
University of Washington Business School
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
December 2005
Financial Research Association Conference, Las Vegas,
Nevada
Stern School of Business, New York University
Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon
October 2005
Northern Finance Association Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
September
2005
SEC Financial Reporting Conference, Irvine, California
Neuroeconomics Conference, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
September 2004
Neuroeconomics Conference, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
May
2004
London Business School Trans-Atlantic Conference, London,
UK
July
2004
Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics, Trento, Italy
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| Media
Citations |
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April
2006
New York Times, New York Daily News - on neuroeconomics
and “The Neural Basis of Financial Risk Taking”
September 2005
Financial Times comment letter about the fiduciary
duty of mutual fund
directors
Chicago Tribune, Stanford Report, New York Daily News,
International Herald Tribune, Forbes, Globe and Mail
- reactions to the paper "The Neural Basis
of Financial Risk Taking"
June 2004
USA Today article on potential effects of changes
in SEC regulation of the disclosure requirements for
investment advisory contracts. |
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| Professional
Experience |
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Summer
2000 Sales & Trading Analyst, Merrill Lynch &
Co., New York, NY, USA |
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| Personal |
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Citizenship:
American and Romanian.
Native language: Romanian. Second language: English. Proficient
in French. |
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last
modified 08/31/2006 |
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