Constantin Charles

I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics. In my research, I use empirical and experimental methods to explore the effects of memory, cognitive noise, and narratives on financial markets and financial decisions. 

Publication

Insensitive Investors [SSRN] (with Cary Frydman and Mete Kilic)
Journal of Finance, forthcoming
Presentations: Chicago Booth Asset Pricing Conference (2023), Colorado Finance Summit (2022), NBER Asset Pricing (Fall 2022, by coauthor), Miami Behavioral Finance Conference (2021, by coauthor)

Working Papers

Memory Moves Markets [SSRN]
February 2024
R&R, Review of Financial Studies
Presentations: SFS Cavalcade (2023), American Finance Association (2023), Miami Behavioral Finance Conference (2022)

Causal Narratives [SSRN] (with Chad Kendall)
March 2024
Media coverage: Financial Times
Presentations: Early-Career Behavioral Economics Conference (2023)

Memory and Trading [SSRN]
October 2022
WFA PhD Candidate Award for Outstanding Research (2021)
Presentations: Utah Winter Finance Conference (2022), Western Finance Association (2021), Midwest Finance Association (2022), UPenn/Wharton Reading Group on Memory Research, Camerer Lab Meeting @Caltech
Utah Winter Finance Conference presentation video (~20 mins)

Inactive Papers (written before and early in my PhD)

Company-College Co-Location: Do Universities Create Local Innovation Clusters? [SSRN]
June 2021
Presentations: European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (2021), Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference (2020, canceled -- COVID19)

Peer Pressure in Corporate Earnings Management [SSRN] (with Markus Schmid and Felix von Meyerinck)
September 2018
Presentations: American Finance Association PhD Poster Session (2018), Paris December Finance Meeting (2017)
Media coverage: Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog