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NBER-Saïd-CFS-EIEF Conference on Household Finance

Organisers

Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance and CEPR

Michael Haliassos, Goethe University Frankfurt, CFS, and CEPR

Tullio Jappelli, University of Naples Federico II, CSEF and CEPR

Brigitte Madrian, Harvard Kennedy School and NBER

Tarun Ramadorai, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and CEPR

Nicholas Souleles, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Daniele Terlizzese, EIEF and Banca d’Italia

Peter Tufano, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

September 21-22, 2012

PROGRAMME

Friday, 21 September
10:00 am	Registration and coffee
10:30 am	Kurt Mitman, University of Pennsylvania Macroeconomic Effects of Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Policies Discussant: Jeremy Tobacman, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:30 am	Alessandro Bucciol, University of Verona Raffaele Miniaci, Università degli Studi di Brescia Household Portfolios and Risk Bearing over Age and Time Discussant: Sule Alan, University of Cambridge
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Nikolaos Artavanis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Adair Morse, University of Chicago and NBER Margarita Tsoutsoura, University of Chicago Tax Evasion Across Industries: Soft Credit Evidence from Greece Discussant: Dina Pomeranz, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm	Adriano Rampini, Duke University S. Viswanathan, Duke University Household Risk Management Discussant: Joao Cocco, London School of Business
3:30 pm	Break/Coffee
4:00 pm	Jeffrey Brown, University of Illinois and NBER Chichun Fang, University of Illinois Francisco Gomes, London Business School Risk and Returns to Education: The Value of Human Capital Discussant: Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University
5:00 pm	Annamaria Lusardi, George Washington University and NBER Pierre-Carl Michaud, RAND Corporation Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Optimal Financial Knowledge and Wealth Inequality Discussant: Alexander Michaelides, University of Cyprus
6:00 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Drinks and dinner
Saturday, 22 September
9:00 am	Mark Grinblatt, University of California at Los Angeles Seppo Ikaheimo, Aalto University School of Economics Matti Keloharju, Helsinki School of Economics Samuli Knupfer, London Business School IQ and Mutual Fund Choice Discussant: Paolo Sodini Stockholm School of Economics
10:00 am	Break/Coffee
10:30 am	Henrik Cronqvist, Claremont McKenna College Stephan Siegel, Columbia University Why Do Individuals Exhibit Investment Biases? Discussant: Samuli Knupfer, London Business School
11:30 am	Cary Frydman, California Institute of Technology Nicholas C. Barberis, Yale University and NBER Colin Camerer, California Institute of Technology Peter Bossaerts, California Institute of Technology Antonio Rangel, California Institute of Technology Testing Theories of Investor Behavior Using Neural Data Discussant: Michelle Baddeley, University of Cambridge
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Magnus Dahlquist, Stockholm School of Economcis Jose V. Martinez, University of Oxford Paul Soderlind, University of St. Gallen Individual Investor Activity and Performance Discussant: Jonathan Reuter, Boston College and NBER
2:30 pm	Break/Coffee
3:00 pm	Makoto Nakajima, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Irina Telyukova, University of California at San Diego Home Equity in Retirement Discussant: Kjetil Storesletten, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
4:00 pm	Ralph Koijen, University of Chicago and NBER Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, New York University and NBER Motohiro Yogo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Health and Mortality Delta: Assessing the Welfare Cost of Household Insurance Choice Discussant: Pascal St.Amour, HEC University of Lausanne
5:00 pm	Adjourn
Each paper is given one hour, 30 minutes for the presenter, 15 minutes for the discussant, and 15 minutes for group discussion