Monday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am

An Introduction to the Computational Economics ARK: 'Algorithmic Repository and (tool)Kit'

Christopher D. Carroll, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
9:45 am

Discretizing the Infinite-Dimensional Space of Distributions to Approximate Markov Equilibria with Ex-Post Heterogeneity and Aggregate Risk

Elisabeth Proehl, University of Amsterdam
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Stimulating Durable Purchases

David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Tianfang Cui, New York University
Nicholas Turner, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER
11:30 am

Credit Risk Without Commitment

Juan C. Hatchondo, University of Western Ontario
Leonardo Martinez, International Monetary Fund
12:15 pm
Adjourn and lunch
Tuesday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am

The Great American Debt Boom, 1948-2013

Moritz Kuhn, University of Mannheim
Moritz Schularick, Kiel Institute for the World Economy & Sciences Po
Ulrike I. Steins, University of Bonn
9:35 am

Consumption Spending, Housing Investments and the Role of Leverage

Thomas Crossley, Essex University
Peter Levell, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Hamish Low, University of Oxford
10:10 am
Break
10:20 am

Macroeconomic Effects of Debt Relief: Consumer Bankruptcy Protections in the Great Recession

Adrien Auclert, Stanford University and NBER
Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Yale University and NBER
10:55 am

Housing Crisis, Deterioration of Bank Balance Sheets, and Macroprudential Policies

Yavuz Arslan, University of Liverpool
Bulent Guler, Indiana University
Burhanettin Kuruscu, University of Toronto
11:30 am
Break
11:40 am

Credit Enforcement Cycles

Lukasz Drozd, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Ricardo Serrano-Padial, Drexel University
12:15 pm
Adjourn and lunch
Wednesday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am

``Permanent Income'' Inequality

Brant Abbott, Queen's University
Giovanni Gallipoli, University of British Columbia
9:45 am

The Historical Evolution of the Wealth Distribution: A Quantitative-Theoretic Investigation

Joachim Hubmer, University of Pennsylvania
Per Krusell, Stockholm University and NBER
Anthony A. Smith, Jr., Yale University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Rental Markets and Wealth Inequality in the Euro-Area

Fabian Kindermann, University of Regensburg
Sebastian Kohls, Northwestern University
11:30 am

Health, Consumption, and Inequality

Jay Hong, Seoul National University
Josep Pijoan-Mas, CEMFI
José-Víctor Ríos-Rull, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:15 pm
Adjourn and lunch
Thursday, July 20
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am

Optimal Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents

Galo Nuno Barrau, Banco de España
Carlos Thomas, Banco de España
9:45 am

Regional Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy

Martin Beraja, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Andreas Fuster, EPFL and Swiss Finance Institute
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Joseph S. Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

The Distributions of Income and Consumption Risk: Evidence from Norwegian Registry Data

Elin Halvorsen, Statistics Norway
Hans A. Holter, University of Delaware
Serdar Ozkan, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Kjetil Storesletten, University of Minnesota and NBER
11:30 am

Consumption and Income Persistence Across Generations

Giovanni Gallipoli, University of British Columbia
Hamish Low, University of Oxford
Aruni Mitra, University of Manchester
12:15 pm
Adjourn and lunch
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Friday, July 21
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am

MPC Heterogeneity and Household Balance Sheets

Andreas Fagereng, BI Norwegian Business School
Martin B. Holm, University of Oslo
Gisle J. Natvik, BI Norwegian Business School
9:35 am

Stock Market Returns and Consumption

Marco Di Maggio, Imperial College Business School
Amir Kermani, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Kaveh Majlesi, Monash University
10:10 am
Break
10:20 am

Asymmetric Consumption Effects of Transitory Income Shocks

Dimitris Christelis, University of Glasgow
Dimitris Georgarakos, European Central Bank
Tullio Jappelli, University of Naples Federico II
Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and NBER
Maarten van Rooij, Dutch Central Bank
10:55 am

How Much Consumption Insurance in the U.S.?

Dmytro Hryshko, University of Alberta
Iourii Manovskii, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:30 am
Break
11:40 am

The Response of Consumer Spending to Changes in Gasoline Prices

Michael Gelman, Claremont McKenna College
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Shachar Kariv, University of California at Berkeley
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER
Dan Silverman, Amazon, Inc.
Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:15 pm
Adjourn and lunch