Eric W. Zitzewitz
Professor
Appointments
Professor of Economics
Area of Expertise
Financial and information industries,
Prediction Markets
Biography
My areas of expertise include agency issues, particularly in financial and informational industries, as well as prediction markets.
Education
A.B. Harvard University 1993
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2001
Publications
How Much Does Size Erode Mutual Fund Performance? A Regression Discontinuity Approach Review of Finance, 2021 (with Jon Reuter)
An Event Long-Short Index: Theory and Applications American Economic Review -- Insights, 2019 (with Ray Fisman)
The 'Standard Error' of Event Studies: Lessons from the 2016 Election, American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, 2018 (with Justin Wolfers)
* Incorporates material from "What Do Financial Markets Think of the 2016 Election" (with Justin Wolfers)
Wintertime for Deceptive Advertising? American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016 (with Jonathan Zinman)
Corporate Prediction Markets: Evidence from Google, Ford, and Firm X, Review of Economics Studies, 2015 (with Bo Cowgill)
*Incorporates material from Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google (with Bo Cowgill and Justin Wolfers)
Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance Evaluation Critical Finance Review, 2013 (with Martijn Cremers & Antti Petajisto)
Forensic Economics Journal of Economic Literature, 2012
When Should Firms Share Credit With Employees? Evidence from Anonymously Managed Mutual Funds, Journal of Financial Economics, 2010 (with Massimo Massa and Jonathan Reuter)
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