Fund Managers, Career Concerns, and Asset Price Volatility

41 Pages Posted: 25 Jul 2011

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Veronica Guerrieri

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Peter Kondor

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE); Central European University (CEU)

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Date Written: July 25, 2011

Abstract

We propose a model of delegated portfolio management with career concerns. Investors hire fund managers to invest their capital either in risky bonds or in riskless assets. Some managers have superior information on the default risk. Looking at the past performance, investors update beliefs on their managers and make firing decisions. This leads to career concerns which affect investment decisions, generating a counter-cyclical 'reputational premium'. When default risk is high, the bond’s return is high to compensate uninformed managers for the high risk of being fired. As default risk changes over time, the reputational premium amplifies price volatility.

Suggested Citation

Guerrieri, Veronica and Kondor, Peter and Kondor, Peter, Fund Managers, Career Concerns, and Asset Price Volatility (July 25, 2011). Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-22, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1894741 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1894741

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