Friday, July 14

8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

8:30 am

The Complexity of Economic Decisions

Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER
Thomas Graeber, Harvard University

Discussant:
Indira Puri, New York University

9:30 am

Risk taking under Assimilation and Contrast: Theory, Experiments, and Applications

Giorgio Saponaro, Harvard University

Discussant:
Cary Frydman, University of Southern California

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Memory and Beliefs: Evidence from the Field

Francesco D’Acunto, Georgetown University
Michael Weber, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Jessica Wachter, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Communicating Inflation with Uncertainty: Evidence from a Survey Experiment

Olena Kostyshyna, Bank of Canada
Luba Petersen, Simon Fraser University and NBER

Discussant:
Yueran Ma, University of Chicago and NBER

2:00 pm

Break

2:30 pm

A Comprehensive Empirical Evaluation of Biases in Expectation Formation

Fabian Winkler, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Kenneth J. Eva, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Leland E. Farmer, University of Virginia

3:30 pm

Crash Narratives

William N. Goetzmann, Yale University and NBER
Dasol Kim, Department of the Treasury
Robert J. Shiller, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Wenting Song, Bank of Canada

4:30 pm

Adjourn