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Impact of Managerial Commitment on Risk Taking with Dynamic Fund Flows

Are Mutual Fund Managers Paid for Investment Skill?

What mutual fund manager compensation data tell us about the relationship between firms and their key employees

WSJ Category Kings - the impact of media attention on consumer and mutual fund investment decisions

Ron Kaniel is the Jay S. and Jeanne P. Benet Professor of Finance at the Simon Business School, University of Rochester. Kaniel is a Co-Editor of the Journal of Financial Economics. He has served as the President of the Finance Theory Group. He is a Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research. Before joining Simon, Kaniel was a faculty member at Duke University and the University of Texas at Austin, and was a visiting scholar at Stanford University. He received a Ph.D. in finance in 1999 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.Sc. (Summa Cum Laude) in computer science in 1994 and B.Sc. (Summa Cum Laude) in mathematics and computer science in 1992 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received a European Research Council Starting Grant. He has been named to the Simon School Dean’s Teaching Honor Roll numerous times.

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Jay S. and Jeanne P. Benet Professor of Finance Professor

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