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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

NBER Conference on Financing Housing Capital

Monika Piazzesi, Organizer

April 25, 2014

University of Chicaogo
Gleacher Center, Booth School of Business (Downtown Chicago)
Room 206
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, April 24, 2014


6:30 pm


Dinner
Quay Restaurant
465 E. Illinois Street
Chicago, IL 60611

Friday, April 25, 2014


8:00 am


Continental Breakfast


8:30 am


Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Benjamin Keys, University of Chicago
Amit Seru, University of Chicago and NBER
Joseph S. Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER
Regional Risk Sharing Through the U.S. Mortgage Market

Discussant: Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, New York University and NBER

9:30 am

Break


9:45 am


Michael Sockin, Princeton University
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
Learning about the Neighborhood: A Model of Housing Cycles

Discussant: Pietro Veronesi, Chicago Booth and NBER

10:45 am

Break


11:00 am


Giovanni Favara, Federal Reserve Board
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics
Mortgage Concentration, Foreclosures and House Prices

Discussant: Tim Landvoigt, University of Texas at Austin

12:00 pm

Lunch-Room 250
Lunch Presenter- Jed Kolko, Trulia


1:00 pm


Luca Guerrieri, Federal Reserve Board
Matteo Iacoviello, Federal Reserve Board
Collateral Constraints and Macroeconomic Asymmetries

Discussant: Jeffrey Campbell, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

2:00 pm

Break


2:15 pm


Stefano Giglio, University of Chicago and NBER
Matteo Maggiori, New York University and NBER
Johannes C. Stroebel, New York University
Very Long-Run Discount Rates

Discussant: Amir Kermani, University of California at Berkeley

3:15 pm

Break


3:30 pm


David S. Scharfstein, Harvard University and NBER
Adi Sunderam, Harvard University
Concentration in Mortgage Lending, Refinancing Activity, and Mortgage Rates

Discussant: Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER

4:30 pm

Adjourn

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