SI 2017 Consumption: Micro to Macro

Orazio Attanasio, Christopher D. Carroll, and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull, Organizers

July 17-21, 2017

Longfellow Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

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

An Introduction to the Computational Economics ARK: 'Algorithmic Repository and (tool)Kit'
9:45 am

Discretizing the Infinite-Dimensional Space of Distributions to Approximate Markov Equilibria with Ex-Post Heterogeneity and Aggregate Risk
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Stimulating Durable Purchases
11:30 am

Credit Risk Without Commitment
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
9:35 am

Consumption Spending, Housing Investments and the Role of Leverage
10:10 am
Break
10:20 am

Macroeconomic Effects of Debt Relief: Consumer Bankruptcy Protections in the Great Recession
10:55 am

Housing Crisis, Deterioration of Bank Balance Sheets, and Macroprudential Policies
11:30 am
Break
11:40 am

Credit Enforcement Cycles
12:15 pm
Adjourn and lunch
Wednesday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am

``Permanent Income'' Inequality
9:45 am

The Historical Evolution of the Wealth Distribution: A Quantitative-Theoretic Investigation
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Rental Markets and Wealth Inequality in the Euro-Area
11:30 am

Health, Consumption, and Inequality
12:15 pm
Adjourn and lunch
Thursday, July 20
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am

Optimal Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents
9:45 am

Regional Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

The Distributions of Income and Consumption Risk: Evidence from Norwegian Registry Data
11:30 am

Consumption and Income Persistence Across Generations
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
9:35 am

Stock Market Returns and Consumption
10:10 am
Break
10:20 am

Asymmetric Consumption Effects of Transitory Income Shocks
10:55 am

How Much Consumption Insurance in the U.S.?
11:30 am
Break
11:40 am

The Response of Consumer Spending to Changes in Gasoline Prices
12:15 pm
Adjourn and lunch