# Professor Baruch Lev Discusses New Book, "Winning Investors Over," with Gene Epstein of Barron’s

Professor [Baruch Lev](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/baruch-lev), author of *Winning Investors Over: Surprising Truths About Honesty, Earnings Guidance and Other Ways to Boost Your Stock Price* (HBR, November 2011), sat down with Gene Epstein, economic and book review editor at *Barron’s*, for a discussion about his research. The event was co-hosted by the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) New York and NYU Stern.

During the fireside chat, Professor Lev touched on a number of research findings: - Managers’ performance is largely unrelated to reward
- Investors react enthusiastically to hedge funds' intervention in their companies
- Investors strongly support long-term growth investments
- Over half of stock price reflects long-term growth expectation

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![Baruch Lev, Gene Epstein, NIRI officials](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_034863.jpg)
(from left to right): Gene Epstein, *Barron’s*; Baruch Lev, NYU Stern; Cheryl Gedvila, senior vice president of programs, NIRI; and Bernie Kilkelly, president, NIRI

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— 3/9/2012

![](/sites/default/files/styles/480w/public/assets/images/con_034860.jpg?itok=utQC7dWB)###  Media Coverage of Winning Investors Over

- [CommPro.biz (Book Review), November 2011](http://blog.commpro.biz/irthereforeiam/?p=1257)
- [Barron's (Book Review), 11.5.11  ](http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748704760604577011803912517684.html?mod=BOL_twm_col#articleTabs_panel_article%3D1)
- [Harvard Business Review, November 2011](http://hbr.org/2011/11/how-to-win-investors-over/ar/1)
- [Reuters, 10.26.11](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/usa-corporate-words-idUSN1E79P0IQ20111026)

## Winning Investors Over

Read more about Professor Baruch Lev's new book, *[Winning Investors Over](/node/46580)*

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