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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Household Finance Working Group

 

Nicholas S. Souleles and Brigitte C. Madrian, Organizers

 

December 16, 2011

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

40 Edwin Land Boulevard

Cambridge, MA

 

PROGRAM

 

 

8:15 am

Breakfast

8:45 am

Welcome and Introductions


9:00 am


James J. Choi, Yale University and NBER
Emily Haisley, Barclays Bank PLC
Jennifer Kurkoski, Google Inc.
Cade Massey, Yale University
Small Cues Change Savings Choices

Discussant:
Eric Johnson, Columbia University

10:00 am

Break


10:15 am


Victor Stango, University of California at Davis
Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth College and NBER
Borrowing High vs. Borrowing Higher: Sources and Consequences of Dispersion in Individual Borrowing Costs

Discussant:
Jeremy Tobacman, University of Pennsylvania and NBER


11:15 am


Justine S. Hastings, Brown University and NBER
Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
Advertising and Competition in Privatized Social Security: The Case of Mexico

Discussant: Alan Sorensen, University of Wisconsin, Madison and NBER

12:15 pm

Lunch


1:15 pm


Raymond Fisman, Columbia University and NBER
Daniel Paravisini, Columbia University and NBER
Vikrant Vig, London Business School
Social Proximity and Loan Outcomes: Evidence from and Indian Bank

Discussant:
Gauri Kartini Shastry, Wellesley College

2:15 pm

Break


2:30 pm


Manuel Adelino, Dartmouth College
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Felipe Severino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Credit Supply and House Prices: Evidence from Mortgage Market Segmentation

Discussant:
Todd Sinai, University of Pennsylvania and NBER


3:30 pm


Lee Lockwood, University of Chicago
Incidental Bequests: Bequest Motives and the Choice to Self-Insure Late-Life Risks

Discussant: Motohiro Yogo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

4:30 pm

Adjourn