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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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Universities Research Conference |
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Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective |
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Price Fishback, Kenneth
Snowden, and Eugene White, Organizers |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Riverfront Room |
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40 Edwin H. Land Blvd. |
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Cambridge, MA |
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September 23-24, 2011 |
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PROGRAM |
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September 23: |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch Somerset Room |
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2:00 pm |
Alexander Field, Santa Clara University |
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The Interwar Housing Cycle in the Light of 2001-2011: A Comparative
Historical Approach |
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Discussant: Gary
Richardson, University of California at Irvine and NBER |
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3:00 pm |
Break |
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3:15 pm |
Daniel Fetter, Wellesley College and NBER |
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How Do Mortgage Subsidies Affect Home Ownership? Evidence from the
Mid-Century GI Bills |
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Discussant:
Susan Wachter, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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4:15 pm |
Carlos Garriga, Mathew Chambers and Donald Schlagenhauf, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
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Did Housing Policies Cause the Post-War
Boom in Homeownership? A General Equilibrium Analysis |
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Discussant: Shawn Kantor, University of California at Merced and NBER |
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5:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Skyline Rooms D and E |
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September 24: |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast
Riverfront Room |
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9:00 am |
William Goetzmann, Yale University and NBER |
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Rik Frehen and
Geert Rouwenhorst, Yale
University |
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Financial Innovation in Late-Eighteenth Century Netherlands: |
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Discussant: Edward Glaeser, Harvard
University and NBER |
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10:00 am |
Kirsten Wandschneider,
Occidental
College |
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Lending to Lemons: Landschafts-Credit in 18th century Prussia |
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Discussant: Eric Hilt, Wellesley
College and NBER |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
Jonathan Rose, Federal Reserve Board |
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The
Prolonged Resolution of Troubled Real Estate Lenders During the 1930s |
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Discussant: Andra Ghent, Baruch
College |
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12:15 pm |
Steven Gjerstad and Vernon Smith,
Chapman University |
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Prosperity and
Recession: U.S. Economic Cycles and Consumption Cycles During the Past
Century |
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Discussant: David Wheelock, Federal Reserve Bank
of St. Louis |
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1:15 pm |
Lunch Somerset Room |
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2:15 pm |
Christopher Hanes, Binghamton University |
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Discussant: Peter Rousseau, Vanderbilt University and NBER |
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3:15 pm |
Trevor Kollmann, LaTrobe University |
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Built with Good Intentions?
An Examination of Public Housing Projects on Local Communities
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Discussant: Robert Margo, Boston University and NBER |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn |