Call for Papers

Delegated Portfolio Management

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:

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


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