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
| Monday, July 17 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
An Introduction to the Computational Economics ARK: 'Algorithmic Repository and (tool)Kit' |
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| 9:45 am |
Discretizing the Infinite-Dimensional Space of Distributions to Approximate Markov Equilibria with Ex-Post Heterogeneity and Aggregate Risk |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:45 am |
Stimulating Durable Purchases |
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| 11:30 am |
Credit Risk Without Commitment |
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| 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 |
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| 9:35 am |
Consumption Spending, Housing Investments and the Role of Leverage |
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| 10:10 am | Break | |
| 10:20 am |
Macroeconomic Effects of Debt Relief: Consumer Bankruptcy Protections in the Great Recession |
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| 10:55 am |
Housing Crisis, Deterioration of Bank Balance Sheets, and Macroprudential Policies |
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| 11:30 am | Break | |
| 11:40 am |
Credit Enforcement Cycles |
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| 12:15 pm | Adjourn and lunch | |
| Wednesday, July 19 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
``Permanent Income'' Inequality |
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| 9:45 am |
The Historical Evolution of the Wealth Distribution: A Quantitative-Theoretic Investigation |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:45 am |
Rental Markets and Wealth Inequality in the Euro-Area |
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| 11:30 am |
Health, Consumption, and Inequality |
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| 12:15 pm | Adjourn and lunch | |
| Thursday, July 20 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
Optimal Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents |
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| 9:45 am |
Regional Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:45 am |
The Distributions of Income and Consumption Risk: Evidence from Norwegian Registry Data |
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| 11:30 am |
Consumption and Income Persistence Across Generations |
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| 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 |
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| 9:35 am |
Stock Market Returns and Consumption |
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| 10:10 am | Break | |
| 10:20 am |
Asymmetric Consumption Effects of Transitory Income Shocks |
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| 10:55 am |
How Much Consumption Insurance in the U.S.? |
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| 11:30 am | Break | |
| 11:40 am |
The Response of Consumer Spending to Changes in Gasoline Prices |
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| 12:15 pm | Adjourn and lunch | |