SI 2016 Household Finance

Brigitte C. Madrian and Stephen P. Zeldes, Organizers

July 22-23, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, July 22
9:00 am
Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER
Stefano Fiorin, Bocconi University
Daniel Gottlieb, London School of Economics
Martin Kanz, The World Bank

Moral Incentives: Experimental Evidence from Repayments of an Islamic Credit Card
10:30 am
Giacomo De Giorgi, University of Geneva
Andres Drenik, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Enrique Seira, Michigan State University

Moral Hazard in the Credit Market
1:30 pm
David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Nicholas Turner, Federal Reserve Board
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER

Stimulating Housing Markets
2:30 pm
Michael Bailey, Facebook
Ruiqing Cao, Stockholm School of Economics
Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER
Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER

Social Networks and Housing Markets
4:00 pm
Christopher Foote, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Lara Loewenstein, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Paul S. Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and NBER

Cross-Sectional Patterns of Mortgage Debt during the Housing Boom: Evidence and Implications
11:30 pm
John Gathergood, University of Nottingham
Stefan Hunt, Keystone Strategy
Ben Guttman-Kenney, University of Chicago

How Do Payday Loans Affect Consumers?
Saturday, July 23
8:30 am
Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER
Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER

The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct
9:30 am
Adrien Matray, Princeton University and NBER
Claire Celerier, University of Toronto

Bank Branch Supply and the Unbanked Phenomenon
11:00 am
Cary Frydman, University of Southern California
Samuel M. Hartzmark, Boston College and NBER
David H. Solomon, Boston College

Rolling Mental Accounts
1:00 pm
Rawley Z. Heimer, Arizona State University
Kristian O. Myrseth, University of York
Raphael Schoenle, Brandeis University

YOLO: Mortality Beliefs and Household Finance Puzzles
2:00 pm
Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER
Alain de Janvry, University of California, Berkeley
Elisabeth Sadoulet

Subsidy Policies and Insurance Demand