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1 FEDERICO NARDARI Arizona State University 1426 W. Key Largo Ct. W.P. Carey School of Business Gilbert, AZ PO Box Tempe, AZ Web Page: Office Phone: (480) CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor of Finance, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University Appointment started in August 1999 EDUCATION Washington University in Saint Louis, John M.Olin School of Business. St. Louis, MO Ph.D. in Finance - May 1999 M.S.B.A. in Finance - August 1994 University of Bergamo. Bergamo, Italy B.S. (with highest honors) Economics and Business. Specialization in Finance - March 1990 RESEARCH INTERESTS Factor pricing models for asset returns, stochastic volatility and dynamic correlation models, dynamics of international capital flows, determinants and implications of trading activity, mutual fund performance evaluation, pricing and hedging models for energy markets, financial risk management, international finance, financial econometrics. TEACHING INTERESTS International Finance, Investment Management. Derivatives, Risk Management. PUBLICATIONS 1. Bayesian Analysis of Linear Factor Models with Latent Factors, Multivariate Stochastic Volatility, and APT Pricing Restrictions (with John Scruggs), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2007, forthcoming 2. Do investors trade more when stocks have performed well? Evidence from 46 countries (with John Griffin and René Stulz), Review of Financial Studies, 2007, 20-3, Explaining the Early Years of the Euro Exchange Rate: an episode of learning about a new central bank (with Manuel Gomez and Michael Melvin), European Economic Review, 2007, 51-3, (lead article) 4. Analysis of High - Dimensional Multivariate Stochastic Volatility Models (with Siddhartha Chib and Neil Shephard), Journal of Econometrics, 2006, 134-2,

2 5. Are Daily Cross - Border Equity Flows Pushed or Pulled? (with John Griffin and René Stulz), Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86-3, (lead article) 6. Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods for Generalized Stochastic Volatility Models (with Siddhartha Chib and Neil Shephard), Journal of Econometrics 2002, 108, (#3 Most Requested Paper for this journal, Year 2002) WORKING PAPERS 1. Does the Choice of Timing Strategy or Timing Index Affect Inference in Measuring Mutual Fund Performance? (with Jeffrey Coles and Naveen Daniel). Under revision for resubmission to the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 2. Stock Return Predictability and Information Erosion (with Samuel Henkel and J. Spencer Martin). Under revision for resubmission to the Journal of Financial Economics. 3. Why Does Stock Market Volatility Change Over Time? A Time-Varying Variance Decomposition for Stock Returns (with John Scruggs). 4. Investor Behavior in the Mutual Fund Industry: Evidence from Gross Flows (with George Cashman, Daniel Deli and Sriram Villupuram). In review process. 5. Measuring Short- Term International Stock Market Efficiency" (with John Griffin and Patrick Kelly). In review process. 6. Investors Do Respond to Poor Mutual Fund Performance: Evidence from Gross Flows (with George Cashman, Daniel Deli and Sriram Villupuram). 7. Comparing Stochastic Volatility Models of the Short Term Interest Rate: A Bayesian Approach. WORK IN PROGRESS 1. Time Varying co-movements of Equity and Bond Returns (with John Scruggs). 2. Selecting Factors from Asset Returns (with Seung Ahn and Gareth Thomas). 3. Trading Volume and Investors Heterogeneity (with Stephan Dieckmann) 4. What is the Decomposition of the Market Wealth Portfolio? (with Guofu Zhou). 5. Estimating the Volatility Risk Premium: Evidence from Underlying Asset and Derivatives Prices (with Craig Pirrong).

3 PRESENTATIONS Are Daily Cross - Border Equity Flows Pushed or Pulled? (with John Griffin and René Stulz) Presented at the University of Arizona, November 2001 Presented at Vanderbilt University, November 2001 *Presented at Georgia Tech International Finance conference,, April 2002 *Presented at the University of Michigan, 2002 Presented at AFA Meetings, January 2003 Presented at EFA Meetings, August 2003 *Presented at IMF Global Linkages Symposium, November 2003 Analysis of High - Dimensional Multivariate Stochastic Volatility Models (with Siddhartha Chib and Neil Shephard) *Presented at Duke University, October 1999 *Presented at Princeton University, October 1999 *Presented at the University of Chicago, May 2000 *Presented at Rice University, October 2001 *Presented at the University of Southern California, February 2002 *Presented at the Purdue Computational Finance Program, February 2002 Bayesian Analysis of Linear Factor Models with Latent Factors, Multivariate Stochastic Volatility, and APT Pricing Restrictions (with John Scruggs) *Presented at Washington University in Saint Louis, 2002 *Presented at the All-Georgia Finance Forum, 2002 Presented at UCLA, December 2002 Presented at WFA Meetings, June 2003 Presented at EFA Meetings, August 2003 Presented at the University of Houston, November 2003 Presented at FMA Meetings, October 2005 Do investors trade more when stocks have performed well? Evidence from 46 countries (previous title Stock Market Trading and Market Conditions ) (with John Griffin and René Stulz) Presented at Queen s University, March 2004 *Presented at University of Texas at Austin, Finance and Accounting Symposium, 2004 *Presented at University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2004 Presented at EFA Meetings, August 2004 Presented at FEA (USC) Conference, November 2004 *Presented at the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), March 2005 Why Does Stock Market Volatility Change Over Time? A Time-Varying Variance Decomposition for Stock Returns (with John Scruggs). Presented at the conference on Changing Structures in International Financial Markets and the Effects on Financial Decision Making, June 2005 Presented at EFA Meetings, August 2005 Presented at FMA Meetings, October 2006 Comparing Stochastic Volatility Models of the Short Term Interest Rate: A Bayesian Approach Presented at INSEAD, March 1999 Presented at Georgetown University, March 1999 Presented at Baruch College, February 1999 Presented at the University of Georgia, February 1999 Presented at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, January 1999

4 Presented at Arizona State University, January 1999 Presented at the University of Arizona, January 1999 Does the Choice of Model or Benchmark Affect Inference in Measuring Mutual Fund Performance? (with Jeffrey Coles and Naveen Daniel). Presented at EFA Meetings, August 2006 Presented at the University of Georgia, September 2006 Measuring Short- Term International Stock Market Efficiency" (with John Griffin and Patrick Kelly). *Presented at Baruch College, Spring 2006 * Presented at Copenhagen Business School, Summer 2006 * Presented at George Mason University, Fall 2006 * Presented at Federal Reserve in Washington D.C., Fall 2006 * Presented at Norwegian School of Management, Summer 2006 To be Presented at EFA Meetings, 2007 To be Presented at AFA Meetings, 2008 Investors Do Respond to Poor Mutual Fund Performance: Evidence from Gross Flows (with George Cashman, Daniel Deli and Sriram Villupuram). Presented at WFA Meetings, 2007 To be Presented at FMA Meetings, 2007 Stock Return Predictability and Information Erosion (with Samuel Henkel and J. Spencer Martin) To be Presented at AFA Meetings, 2008 * Indicates presentation by co-author TEACHING Arizona State University, 1999 present International Financial Management, MBA level, Responsible for development of course content. Fall 1999 Present Ratings: 1.18 to 1.48 against 1.0 best possible (5=worst) Managerial Finance, MBA level, Fall 1999 Fall 2005 Ratings: 1.35 to 1.98 against 1.0 best possible (5=worst) Derivatives Securities and Risk Management MBA level, Fall 2006 Foundations of Investments and Portfolio Management MBA level, Responsible for development of course content for Evening MBA Program, Spring 2007 Practicum: Valuation of a company seeking second round of Venture Capital financing (supervised a group of MBA students and worked jointly with local company), Spring 2001 Independent study: International Cost of Capital and Firm Valuation (supervised MBA students), Fall 2001

5 Washington University, Olin School of Business, International Finance, BSBA level. Responsible for development of course content. Average Ratings (5=best): 1996: 4.45 / : 4.75 / : 4.82 / 5.00 International Finance, MBA and PMBA level. Average Ratings (5=best): 1998 (MBA): 4.05 / (PMBA): 4.13 / 5.00 Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Managing Financial Institutions, BSBA Level Financial Management, BSBA Level Capital Markets, BSBA Level Advisory Committees: Doctoral Dissertation Committees: Christopher Gadarowski (Finance, 2000), Naveen Daniel (Finance 2001), Greg Durham Finance (2002), Selim Topaloglu (Finance, 2002), Eugenio Suarez (Economics, 2001), Manuel Gomez (Economics, 2003), Magali Valero (Economics, 2004), Susan Ji (Finance, 2003), Patrick Kelly (Finance, 2006), Gareth Thomas (Economics, 2005), Matthew Croucher (Economics, 2007) Undergraduate Honor Thesis: Candice Parker (Economics, 2003) Doctoral Program Committee, INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES Department of Finance: MBA Program Committee, Present Recruiting Committee, , 2002, 2003 Research Committee, Computer Resources Committee, 2005 Present (Chair) School of Business: International Business Committee, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Discussant: - European Finance Association Meeting, 2000, Western Finance Association Meeting, 2002, Financial Management Association Meeting, 2005, 2006, American Finance Association Meeting, 2006 Session Chair: - European Finance Association Meeting, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 2005 Program Committee - Financial Management Association Meeting, 2007

6 Ad Hoc Referee for: Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Financial Econometrics, Financial Review, Journal of International Money and Finance, Pacific Baisin Journal, Annals of Finance, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Economis Dynamics and Control, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Econometric Journal, Journal of Forecasting, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. HONORS AND AWARDS Nominated as Outstanding Faculty by Business Week Guide to the Best Business Schools, 8 th. edition, 2003 Nominee (top 5) by MBA Students Association as J.W. Teets Outstanding MBA Professor, 2003 Hubert C. Moog Doctoral Fellowship, Italian Doctoral Program in Financial Markets and Intermediaries: Fellowship, Banca Popolare di Bergamo (Italy): Research Fellowship, 1990 REFERENCES Professor Siddhartha Chib Professor Guofu Zhou Harry C. Hartkopf Professor of Econometrics and Statistics Associate Professor of Finance Phone: (314) Phone: (314) [email protected] [email protected] Professor Philip Dybvig Boatmen s Bancshares Professor of Banking and Finance Phone: (314) [email protected]