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Friday, February 8 | |
8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast
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Morning sessions will be held jointly with the Industrial Organization Program (Room 130)
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25 minutes author, 20 minutes discussant, 15 minutes audience
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9:00 am |
Take-Up, Drop-Out, and Spending in ACA Marketplaces
Discussant:
Jonathan T. Kolstad, University of California, Berkeley and NBER |
10:00 am |
Break
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10:15 am |
Optimal Managed Competition Subsidies
Discussant:
Francesco Decarolis, Bocconi University |
11:15 am |
Break
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11:30 am |
Competition, Asymmetric Information, and the Annuity Puzzle: Evidence from a Government-run Exchange in Chile
Discussant:
Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER |
12:30 pm |
Lunch
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Insurance Meeting continues (Lucas Room)
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1:30 pm |
Unemployment Insurance, Strategic Unemployment, and Firm-Worker Collusion
Discussant:
Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER |
2:30 pm |
Break
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2:45 pm |
The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves
Discussant:
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER |
3:45 pm |
Break
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4:00 pm |
Insurers as Asset Managers and Systemic Risk
Discussant:
Valentin Haddad, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER |
5:00 pm |
Adjoun
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6:00 pm |
Group Dinner - Indo Restaurant, 3295 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
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Saturday, February 9 | |
8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast
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8:30 am |
Pay What Your Dad Paid: Commitment and Price Rigidity in the Market for Life Insurance
Discussant:
Daniel Gottlieb, London School of Economics |
9:30 am |
Break
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9:45 am |
Long-Term Health Insurance: Theory Meets Evidence
Discussant:
Michael D. Whinston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
10:45 am |
Break
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11:00 am |
The Two Margin Problem in Insurance Markets
Discussant:
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER |
12:00 n |
Adjourn
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