Adriana Robertson

University of Chicago Law School

1111 E. 60th St.

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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1000 Brussels

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  • University of Chicago Law School

  • European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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1.

Noisy Factors? The Retroactive Impact of Methodological Changes on the Fama-French Factors

Rotman School of Management Working Paper, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 920/2023
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 28 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2024
Pat Akey, Adriana Robertson and Mikhail Simutin
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Chicago Law School and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Fama French factors, asset pricing, performance evaluation, equities, mutual funds, model fit

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Do ESG Mutual Funds Deliver on Their Promises?

Michigan Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 21-17, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 586/2021
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2021
Quinn Curtis, Jill E. Fisch and Adriana Robertson
University of Virginia School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 2,183 (14,903)
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Mutual funds, ESG mutual funds, Securities regulation, empirical legal studies, environmental, social, and corporate governance, ESG, capital markets, portfolio composition, mutual fund voting, mutual fund fees, disclosure, ERISA, fiduciary duty, Name Rule, 35d-1

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Passive in Name Only: Delegated Management and 'Index' Investing

36 Yale Journal on Regulation 795
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2019
Adriana Robertson
University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 2,070 (16,253)
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stock market index, index investing, passive investing, mutual funds, ETFs, benchmarks, securities regulation

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Advisers by Another Name

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2021-01
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Jan 2021
Paul G. Mahoney and Adriana Robertson
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 1,325 (32,174)

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Index funds, passive investment, mutual funds, Investment Advisers Act, Investment Company Act

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Closet Active Management of Passive Funds

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3874582
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Jul 2021
Pat Akey, Adriana Robertson and Mikhail Simutin
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Chicago Law School and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 1,222 (36,164)
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The (Mis)Uses of the S&P 500

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 29 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2020
Adriana Robertson
University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 1,016 (47,223)
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stock market indices, S&P 500, securities, mutual funds, passive investing, active investing

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Giant Asset Managers, the Big Three, and Index Investing

USC CLASS Research Paper No. 23-13
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Dorothy S. Lund and Adriana Robertson
Columbia Law School and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 982 (49,548)
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Big Three, passive investing, index funds, corporte governance

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What Matters to Individual Investors? Evidence from the Horse’s Mouth

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Oct 2019
James J. Choi and Adriana Robertson
Yale School of Management and University of Chicago Law School
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portfolio choice, individual investors, mutual funds, survey

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What’s in a Name? ESG Mutual Funds and the SEC’s Names Rule

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-12, Southern California Law Review, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper 697/2023
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2023
Jill E. Fisch and Adriana Robertson
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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Securities regulation, investment funds, environmental, social & governance investing, ESG, Securities & Exchange Commission, SEC, Names Rule, consumer protection, greenwashing, mutual funds

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Privacy Harms

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 69, 2018
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2018
Ignacio Cofone and Adriana Robertson
Oxford University Faculty of Law and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 545 (107,158)
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Information privacy, Law & Economics, Tort Law, Fourth Amendment Law, Bayesian updating

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Credentials Matter, but Only for Men: Evidence from the S&P 500

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2021
Peter Cziraki and Adriana Robertson
Texas A&M University - Department of Finance and University of Chicago Law School
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Women in management, gender diversity, board of directors, executives, credentials

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Shareholder Proposals and the Debate over Sustainability Disclosure

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-29 , in Board-Shareholder Dialogue: Policy Debate, Legal Constraints and Best Practices (Cambridge Univ. Press, forthcoming)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Jun 2023
Jill E. Fisch and Adriana Robertson
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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SEC rule, mandatory disclosure, private ordering, shareholders, investor support, corporate sustainability, capital markets, ESG, public companies, sustainability disclosure, EU regulatory mandates, climate-related disclosure, Rule 14a-8, shareholder proposals

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Hidden Agendas in Shareholder Voting

39 Yale Journal on Regulation (Forthcoming, 2022)
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 May 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2022
Scott Hirst and Adriana Robertson
Boston University - School of Law and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 409 (151,117)
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hidden agendas, securities lending, shareholder voting, proxy statements, record dates, corporate law, securities law, institutional investors, fiduciary duties

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Better Bond Indices and Liquidity Gaming the Rest

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2017
Adriana Robertson and Matthew I. Spiegel
University of Chicago Law School and Yale University - Yale School of Management, International Center for Finance
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Bond indices, fixed income, investment grade, high yield, noninvestment grade, Bloomberg, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch

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Discretionary Investing by ‘Passive’ S&P 500 Funds

Yale Journal on Regulation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 28 Aug 2023
Peter Molk and Adriana Robertson
University of Florida Levin College of Law and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 348 (180,806)
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securities, S&P 500, mutual funds, ETFs, passive investing, active investing, index investing

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Continuity and Change on Corporate Boards

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 990, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 992/2024
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2025
Peter Cziraki and Adriana Robertson
Texas A&M University - Department of Finance and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 323 (195,907)

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board diversity, women in management, gender diversity, board of directors

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Consumer Privacy in a Behavioral World

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 69, 2018
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2018
Ignacio Cofone and Adriana Robertson
Oxford University Faculty of Law and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 268 (238,232)

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Consumer Privacy, Behavioral Law & Economics, ISP, Consumer Law, Biases, Information Privacy

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Timing the Regulatory Tightrope

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 989
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2024
Adriana Robertson
University of Chicago Law School
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Millionaires Speak: What Drives Their Personal Investment Decisions?

NBER Working Paper No. w27969
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2023
Svetlana Bender, James J. Choi, Danielle Dyson and Adriana Robertson
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Yale School of Management, UBS and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 81 (632,922)
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Noisy Factors in Law

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 1021
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2024
Adriana Robertson, Pat Akey and Mikhail Simutin
University of Chicago Law School, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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What Matters to Individual Investors? Evidence from the Horse's Mouth

NBER Working Paper No. w25019
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 13 May 2023
James J. Choi and Adriana Robertson
Yale School of Management and University of Chicago Law School
Downloads 68 (696,008)
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