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PAUL C. TETLOCK

 

Contact Information:

 

Web Page:

http://www.columbia.edu/~pt2238/

 

 

E-mail:

[email protected]

 

 

Mail:

Graduate School of Business

Columbia University
3022 Broadway, Uris Hall
New York, NY 10025

 

 

Phone:

203-432-0389

 

 

Positions Held:

 

Roger F. Murray Associate Professor of Finance, Columbia University, 2008 – present

 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Yale University, 2007 – 2008

 

Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Texas at Austin, 2004 – 2008

 

Graduate Studies:

 

Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 2004

 

Thesis Title: “Investors’ Expectations in Financial Markets”

 

Committee Members:  Professors David Laibson (Chair), John Campbell, and Jeremy Stein

 

Undergraduate Studies:

 

B.S., Mathematical Economics, Harvey Mudd College, 1999, Class Rank: 1st

Minors in Mathematics and Chemistry

 

Teaching and Research Interests:

 

Behavioral finance, asset pricing, market microstructure, and financial innovation

 

 

Teaching Experience:

 

2008

Behavioral Finance, Yale University

 

2005-2007

Investment Management, University of Texas

 

2002

Behavioral Economics, Harvard University (Teaching Fellow)

 

 

 

Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships:

 

2007

Winner of the Smith Breeden Prize awarded by the Journal of Finance

 

2003-2004

Earle A. Chiles Fellowship, Harvard University

 

Spring 2002

Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center, Harvard University

 

2001-2002

John Kenneth Galbraith Prize, Harvard University

 

1999-2002

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

 

Professional Service:

 

Referee for Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Behavioral Finance, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, and Financial Management

 

PhD Program Committee, University of Texas at Austin

 

Program Committee, Second Workshop in Prediction Markets

 

Selected Seminars and Conference Presentations:

 

American Economic Association, AQR Capital, BGI, Boston College, Brookings Institute, Columbia University, Dartmouth, Federal Reserve Board, GSAM, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, International Symposium of Forecasters, London Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NBER Behavioral Finance, North Carolina, Oregon, SEC, Texas, Texas Finance Festival, Toronto, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Western Finance Association, Wharton School, Yale University

 

Finance Research Papers:

 

Tetlock, Paul C., Maytal Saar-Tsechansky, and Sofus Macskassy, 2008, “More Than Words: Quantifying Language to Measure Firms’ Fundamentals,” Journal of Finance, forthcoming.

 

Tetlock, Paul C., 2007, “Giving Content to Investor Sentiment: The Role of Media in the Stock Market” Journal of Finance 62, 1139-1168. (Winner of the Smith Breeden Prize)

 

Tetlock, Paul C., “All the News That’s Fit to Reprint: Do Investors React to Stale Information?” presented at the fall 2007 NBER Behavioral Finance meetings.

 

Tetlock, Paul C., “Is Liquidity Related to Prediction Market Efficiency?” presented at the 2008 American Economic Association meetings.

 

Tetlock, Paul C. and Robert W. Hahn, “Optimal Liquidity Provision for Decision Makers.”

 

Tetlock, Paul C., “How Efficient Are Information Markets? Evidence from an Online Exchange.”

 

Current Projects:

 

“Salience and News”

(joint with Nicholas Barberis)

 

“How Valuable Are Free Stock Tips?”

(joint with Bin Gu, Prabhudev Konana, Alex Liu, Balaji Rajagopalan, and Joydeep Ghosh)

 

Selected Press Articles about My Research:

 

The Economist, Economics Focus, “In a Sentimental Mood”

U.S. News & World Report, Best in Business, “How Words Can Hurt… Stocks”

New York Times, Op-ed, “Short Odds for Ignorance”

Wall Street Journal, Op-ed, “When Gambling Is Good”

 

Refereed Policy Publications:

 

Hahn, Robert W. and Paul C. Tetlock, 2008, “The Economics of Regulatory Oversight,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, forthcoming.

 

Hahn, Robert W. and Paul C. Tetlock, 2006, “A New Approach for Regulating Information Markets,” Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 29(3).

 

Hahn, Robert W. and Paul C. Tetlock, 2005, “Using Information Markets to Improve Decision Making” Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 28(3), Summer.

 

Policy Articles:

 

Hahn, Robert W. and Paul C. Tetlock, 2005, “Big Ideas: The Market’s Last Frontier,” Milken Review, 1st Quarter.

 

Hahn, Robert W. and Paul C. Tetlock, 2005, “Making Development Work,” Policy Review, No. 132.

 

Hahn, Robert W., Paul C. Tetlock and Jason K. Burnett, 2000, “Should You Be Allowed to Use Your Cellular Phone While Driving?” Regulation 23(3): 46-55 (Cover article).

 

Policy Books:

 

Hahn, Robert W. and Paul C. Tetlock eds., 2006, “Information Markets: A New Way of Making Decisions,” AEI-Brookings Press.