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- Publications
- Influence
The Distorting Effect of the Prudent-Man Laws on Institutional Equity Investments
- Diane Del Guercio
- Economics
- 1996
I examine the effect of prudent man laws on the behavior of institutional investors. Variation in exposure to legal liability across types of investment managers allows me to disentangle the effect… Expand
The Determinants of the Flow of Funds of Managed Portfolios: Mutual Funds vs. Pension Funds
- Diane Del Guercio, Paula A. Tkac
- Economics, Business
- 1 December 2002
This study compares the relations between asset flow and performance in the retail mutual fund and fiduciary pension fund segments of the money management industry, and relate empirical differences… Expand
The Motivation and Impact of Pension Fund Activism
- Diane Del Guercio, J. Hawkins
- Economics
- 1 June 1999
Pension funds have become increasingly active in the governance of companies in which they own stock. A common form of activism includes the submission of shareholder proposals to the corporate proxy… Expand
Do Boards Pay Attention When Institutional Investor Activists 'Just Vote No'?
- Diane Del Guercio, L. Seery, Tracie Woidtke
- Economics
- 2008
We examine "just vote no" campaigns, a recent innovation in low-cost shareholder activist tools whereby activists encourage their fellow shareholders to withhold votes toward a director's election to… Expand
Governance and Boards of Directors in Closed-end Investment Companies
- Diane Del Guercio, Larry Y. Dann, M. Partch
- Business
- 1 July 2003
Boards of directors occupy a prominent position in the governance of corporations, and have been a focal point of SEC efforts to ensure that investment companies are serving the interests of… Expand
Mutual Fund Performance and the Incentive to Generate Alpha: Mutual Fund Performance and the Incentive to Generate Alpha
- Diane Del Guercio, Jonathan Reuter
- Business
- 1 August 2014
Demand for Financial Advice, Broker Incentives, and Mutual Fund Market Segmentation
- Diane Del Guercio, J. Reuter, J. Reuter, Paula A. Tkac
- Business
- 4 March 2010
Assuming that some investors value both financial advice and performance, but that the brokers needed to provide this advice are unwilling to recommend funds available at lower cost elsewhere, we… Expand
Mutual Fund Performance and the Incentive to Invest in Active Management
- Diane Del Guercio, J. Reuter
- Business
- 2011
The Effect of SEC Enforcement Intensity on Illegal Insider Trading
- Diane Del Guercio, Elizabeth R. Odders-White, M. Ready
- Business
- 2013
We examine a sample of illegal insider trading cases filed by the SEC over the last decade, and find that insider trading volume and the price impact on insider trading days are much smaller than… Expand
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Playing Favorites: Conflicts of Interest in Mutual Fund Management
- Diane Del Guercio, E. Genc, H. Tran
- Business
- 1 June 2018
We examine the performance of mutual funds whose managers simultaneously manage portfolios with performance-based incentive fees for three account types: mutual funds, hedge funds, and separate… Expand