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Title

Lecturer in Economics

Degree

M.S., Brandeis University

Field of Specialty

Financial Economics

Contact Information

Sachar International Center 11
rheimer@brandeis.edu

Rawley Z Heimer

Rawley Z. Heimer is a PhD candidate in International Economics and Finance at Brandeis University with an anticipated matriculation date in the Spring of 2013. His research is primarily concerned with the behavior and performance of individual investors, drawing from a new, proprietary database extracted from a Facebook-like social network for retail traders. Much of his research suggests that social interaction can explain the over-trading puzzle whereby individual investors trade actively and under-perform the market. His most recent work explores how leverage constraints affect investor performance and behavior. His work has been presented at Yale University, Cass Business School, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 7th Annual Central Bank Workshop on the Microstructure of Financial Markets in Stavanger, Norway, the EFAs, and FMAs. He will be presenting his work at the American Financial Association Annual Meetings in San Diego, CA, 2013. Rawley is a graduate of the University of Rochester and an accomplished jazz/funk guitarist.

Publications

Heimer, Rawley Z. "Facebook Finance: How Social Interaction Propagates Active Investing".

Heimer, Rawley Z. "Friends Do Let Friends Buy AAPL, and F, and IPET...".

Heimer, Rawley Z. "Leverage Constraints, Profitability, and Risk-Shifting in the Aftermath of Dodd-Frank".

Research Website. http://people.brandeis.edu/~rheimer/

Courses Taught