NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

BEHAVIORAL FINANCE PROGRAM MEETING

Markus Brunnermeier and  Stefan Nagel, Organizers

 

March 21, 2009

 

University of Chicago

Gleacher Center, GSB (Downtown Chicago)

Room 100

450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive

Chicago, IL

 

PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 20:

 

6:00 pm Joint Dinner

                        University of Chicago

                        Gleacher Center, Room 621

                        450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive

                        Chicago, IL

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 21:

 

8:00 am             Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am             MARK DEAN, New York University

                        Status Quo Bias in Large and Small Choice Sets

 

                        Discussant:       EMIR KAMENICA, University of Chicago

 

10:00 am           NICHOLAS BARBERIS, Yale University and NBER

                        A Model of Casino Gambling

 

                        Discussant:       DANIEL GOTTLIEB, MIT

 

11:00 am           Break

 

11:15 am           SHIMON KOGAN,  University of Texas

                        ANTHONY M. KWASNICA, Pennsylvania State University

                        ROBERTO WEBER, Carnegie Mellon University

                        Coordination in the Presence of Asset Markets

 

                        Discussant:       JOHN MORGAN, UC, Berkeley

 

12:15 pm           Lunch- Room 621

 

1:15 pm             MARIANNE BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER

                        ADAIR MORSE, University of Chicago

                        Information Disclosure, Cognitive Biases and Payday Borrowing

 

                        Discussant:       ANNAMARIA LUSARDI, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

2:15 pm             WEI XIONG, Princeton University and NBER

                        JIALIN YU, Columbia University

                        The Chinese Warrants Bubble

 

                        Discussant:       SIMON GERVAIS, Duke University

 

3:15 pm             Break

 

3:30 pm             UDAY RAJAN, University of Michigan

                        AMIT SERU, University of Chicago

                        VIKRANT VIG, London Business School

                        The Failure of Models That Predict Failure: Distance,

                        Incentives, and Defaults

 

                        Discussant:       DIRK JENTER, Stanford University and NBER

 

4:30 pm             Adjourn

 

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