We propose a model featuring horizon-specific mutual fund manager skill. Managers optimally choose their holdings based on their skill and the price impact of their trades. Fund turnover negatively correlates with the horizon over which value is added and positively correlates with price impact...

We study a dynamic equilibrium model of mutual fund investing under career concerns that features investment opportunities at different horizons. Equilibrium returns are endogenously determined by competition. Short-term investment strategies can benefit fund managers by accelerating skill...

Social status concerns influence investors' decisions by driving a wedge in attitudes toward aggregate and idiosyncratic risks. I model such concerns by emphasizing the desire to "get ahead of the Joneses," which implies that aversion to idiosyncratic risk is lower than aversion to aggregate...