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Camelia
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Publications and working
papers
Corporate Finance:
Business networks, corporate governance and contracting in the mutual fund industry. Journal of Finance, 64(5): 2185-2220, October 2009
Feedback, self-esteem and performance in organizations (with Agnieszka Tymula). Management Science, 58:94-113, January 2012
Public opinion and executive compensation (with Alexandra Niessen). Management Science, forthcoming
Executive pay, hidden compensation and managerial entrenchment (with Jeffrey Zwiebel). R&R at the Journal of Finance, updated November 2009
CEO turnover in a competitive assignment framework (with Andrea Eisfeldt). R&R at the Journal of Financial Economics, updated July 2011
Searching for Jobs: Evidence from MBA Graduates. R&R at Management Science, updated March 2011
Exploration
for Human Capital: Theory and Evidence from the MBA Labor Market (with Paul
Oyer). Working paper, updated July 2011
Dynamic contracting in
the mutual fund industry.
Neurofinance:
The influence of affect on beliefs, preferences and financial
decisions (with Brian Knutson). Journal of Financial and Quantitative
Analysis, 46(3): 605-626, June 2011 (lead article)
Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking (with Gregory Samanez-Larkin, Daniel Yoo, and Brian Knutson). Journal of Neuroscience, 30(4):1426-1434, January 2010
Genetic determinants of financial risk taking (with Joan Y. Chiao). PLoS ONE, 4 (2), February 2009
Nucleus
accumbens activation mediates the influence of reward
cues on financial risk taking (with Brian Knutson, G. Elliott Wimmer and Piotr Winkielman). NeuroReport,
19 (5): 509-513, March 2008
The neural basis of financial risk taking (with Brian Knutson). Neuron, 47:763-770, September 2005
Delays conferred by escalating costs modulate dopamine release to rewards but not their predictors (with Matthew Wanat and Paul Phillips). Journal of Neuroscience, 30 (36): 12020 –12027, September 2010
Gain and loss learning differentially contribute to life financial outcomes (with Brian Knutson and Gregory Samanez-Larkin). PLoS ONE, 6 (9), September 2011
Serotonin and risk taking: How do genes change financial choices? (with Brian Knutson and Gregory Samanez-Larkin). Working paper, updated March 2011
Asymmetric learning from financial information. Working paper, June 2011 (revision available soon)
Interdisciplinary research activities
Press
Corporate
Finance:
February 2012: LifeScience article on public opinion and CEO
compensation.
February 2010: Business
Week article on public outrage and CEO compensation.
May 2009: Los
Angeles Times article on CEO compensation.
February 2009: Business
Week article on the influence of public opinion on CEO compensation.
August 2008: New
York Times article on the pay of mutual fund investment managers.
November 2007: Conference
Board Review article about executive compensation.
September 2005: Financial
Times comment letter about the fiduciary duty of mutual fund directors - in
response to this
FT article.
June 2004: USA
Today article on the potential effects of the change in the SEC regulation
of the disclosure requirements for investment advisory contracts.
Neurofinance:
May 2012: Project
M article on neurofinance and long term investing
March 2012: Chicago
Public Radio piece on neuroeconomics and
investing decisions.
January 2012: Neuroeconomics
work featured in the book “Quiet:
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking” by Susan
Cain.
October 2011: Wall
Street Journal article on neuroeconomics and
investing during financial crises.
August 2011: National
Public Radio “All Things Considered” piece on the brain,
emotions and financial decisions, Bloomberg
article on neurofinance.
December 2010: European Financial Review
article on neurofinance.
October 2010: Neuroeconomics work featured in the book “What
Investors Really Want: Know What Drives Investor Behavior and Make Smarter
Financial Decisions” by Meir Statman.
May 2010: Scientific
American article on genes and risk taking.
February 2010: Financial
Times, Smart
Money, US
Banker articles on the brain, aging and financial choices.
February 2009: Reuters, BBC, Scientific American articles, American Public Media Marketplace Radio piece referring to the paper "Genetic determinants of financial risk taking".
December 2008: National Public Radio piece on investing mistakes.
April 2008: Science Daily, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg articles referring to the paper “Nucleus accumbens activation mediates the influence of reward cues on financial risk taking”; Washington Post article on the relation between hormones and financial decisions.
July 2007: Neuroeconomics work featured in the book “Inside the Investor's Brain: The Power of Mind over Money”, by Richard L. Petersen
April 2006: New York Times article on neuroeconomics and the paper "The neural basis of financial risk taking"
September 2005: Chicago Tribune, Stanford Report, NY Daily News , International Herald Tribune, Forbes, Globe and Mail - reactions to the paper "The neural basis of financial risk taking"