Forensic Finance Reading Group
UT Austin, Spring 2024
UT Austin, Spring 2024
We will meet weekly on Wednesdays at 1:00 PM at Moontower Cafe in Rowling Hall.
For reference, here is a survey paper for the field: What is Forensic Finance? (Griffin and Kruger, 2024)
Session 1
Don't Take Their Word for It: The Misclassification of Bond Mutual Funds
Huaizhi Chen, Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun
Journal of Finance, 2021
Presenter: Zirui Wang
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 27, 1:00 PM
Location: Moontower
Session 2
Sex, Drugs, and Bitcoin: How Much Illegal Activity is Financed through Cryptocurrencies?
Sean Foley, Jonathan R Karlsen, Tālis J Putniņš
Review of Financial Studies, 2019
Presenter: Eric Lee
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 3, 1:00 PM
Location: Moontower or RRH 4.304
Session 3
Blockchain Analysis of the Bitcoin Market
Igor Makarov, Antoinette Schoar
American Economic Review R&R, 2022
Presenter: Kevin Mei
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 10, 1:00 PM
Location: Moontower or RRH 4.304
Session 4
The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct
Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos, Amit Seru
Journal of Political Economy, 2019
Presenter: Albert Di Wang
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 17, 1:00 PM
Location: Moontower or RRH 3.304
Session 5
Price Improvement and Payment for Order Flow: Evidence from A Randomized Controlled Trial
Bradford (Lynch) Levy
Working Paper, 2022
Presenter: Nathan Herrmann
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 24, 1:00 PM
Location: Moontower or RRH 4.304
Session 6
Trust Busting: The Effect of Fraud on Investor Behavior
Umit G Gurun, Noah Stoffman, Scott E Yonker
Review of Financial Studies, 2017
Presenter: Prateek Mahajan
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 1, 1:00 PM
Location: Moontower or RRH 4.304