Innovative Data in Household Finance: Opportunities and Challenges

Sean Higgins, Sasha Indarte, and Stephen P. Zeldes, Organizers

December 13, 2024

Format: 30 mins per paper, 20 mins for presentation and 10 mins for Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, December 13
8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
8:45 am
Welcome and Introductions
9:00 am
Francesco D’Acunto, Georgetown University
Michael Weber, University of Chicago and NBER
Xiao Yin, University College London

Subjective Income Expectations and Household Debt Choices
9:30 am
Sasha Indarte, University of Pennsylvania
Raymond Kluender, Harvard University
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Michael Stepner, University of Toronto

What Explains the Consumption Decisions of Low-Income Households?
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Panel on Open Banking
Moderator: Jialan Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Panelists:
Erin Allard, Prism Data
David Silberman, Financial Health Network
Guilherme Themes, Banco Central do Brasil
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Brett Green, Washington University in St Louis
Renping Li, Washington University in St Louis
David Sraer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Welfare Benefits of Pay-As-You-Go Financing
12:00 pm
J. Carter Braxton, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Nisha Chikhale, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Kyle F. Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota and NBER
Gordon M. Phillips, Dartmouth College and NBER

Intergenerational Mobility and Credit
12:30 pm
Lunch - Skyline Room
1:30 pm
Peter Ganong, University of Chicago and NBER
Pascal J. Noel, University of Chicago and NBER
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER
Joseph S. Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER
Alex Weinberg, University of Chicago

Earnings Instability
2:00 pm
Scott Fulford, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
David C. Low, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Expense Shocks Matter
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Gi Heung Kim, University of Pennsylvania

Algorithmic Pricing in Multifamily Rentals: Efficiency Gains or Price Coordination
3:15 pm
Chao Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Language Frictions in Consumer Credit
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Bronson Argyle, Brigham Young University
Benjamin Iverson, Brigham Young University
Jason D. Kotter, Brigham Young University
Taylor D. Nadauld, Brigham Young University
Christopher Palmer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Sticky Deposits, not Depositors
4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
4:40 pm
Adjourn