Workshop in Behavioral Finance
April 12, 2003

Robert J. Shiller and Richard Thaler, Organizers

Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University and NBER
Kenneth N. Fortson, Princeton University
"Do Markets Respond More to More Reliable Labor Market Data?"
     Discussant: Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago and NBER

Ming Dong, York University
David Hirshleifer and Siew Hong Teoh, Ohio State University
Scott Richardson, University of Pennsylvania
"Does Investor Misvaluation Drive the Takeover Market?"

Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and David T. Robinson, Columbia University
S. Viswanathan, Duke University
"Valuation Waves and Merger Activity: The Empirical Evidence"
    Discussant: Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER

Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Jonathan A. Parker, Princeton University and NBER
"Optimal Expectations"
     Discussant: Sendhil Mullainathan, MIT and NBER

Louis Chan, University of Illinois
Jason Karceski, University of Florida
Josef Lakonishok, University of Illinois and NBER
"Analysts Conflict of Interest and Biases in Earnings Forecasts"
     Discussant: Russell Fuller, Fuller and Thaler Asset Management

Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Harvard University
Atif Mian, University of Chicago
"Price Manipulation and Phantom Markets: An In-depth Exploration of a Stock Market"
     Discussant: Pete Kyle, Duke University

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Conference sponsored by
Bracebridge Capital, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management and
LSV Asset Management
under the auspices of the National Bureau of Economic Research