SI 2017 Behavioral Macro
Organized by Andrew Caplin, Michael Woodford, and Christopher D. Carroll
July 14, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Friday, July 14
8:00 am
Coffee and pastries
8:30 am

House Price Beliefs and Leverage Choice

Michael Bailey, Facebook
Eduardo Dávila, Yale University and NBER
Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER
Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
Christopher D. Carroll, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
9:30 am

Socioeconomic Status and Macroeconomic Expectations

Camelia M. Kuhnen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBER
Stefan Nagel, University of Chicago and NBER
Sreyoshi Das, Bates White

Discussant:
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Strategic Inattention, Inflation Dynamics and the Non-Neutrality of Money

Hassan Afrouzi, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

Intrinsic Expectations Persistence: Evidence from Professional and Household Survey Expectations

Jeffrey Fuhrer, Eastern Bank Foundation

Discussant:
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Scarred Consumption

Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Leslie Shen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Discussant:
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
3:30 pm

Myopia and Discounting

Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER
David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Yoram Halevy, University of Toronto
4:30 pm
Adjourn