NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 |
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Aggregate Implications of
Microeconomic Consumption Behavior |
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Orazio Attanasio, Christopher
Carroll, and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, Organizers |
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July 16-20, 2007 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
Parkview Room |
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PROGRAM |
MONDAY,
JULY 16: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
GALINA VERESHCHAGINA,
Arizona State University |
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Preferences
for Risk in a Dynamic Model with Consumption Commitments |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
ANTHONY
SMITH, |
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FATIH GUVENEN,
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Inferring Labor Income Risk from
Economic Choices: An Indirect Inference Approach |
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11:15 am |
Break |
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11:30 am |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch and Adjourn |
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TUESDAY,
JULY 17: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
KARTIK.ATHREYA,
Federal Reserve Bank of |
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Credit Market Innovations and
the Changing Role of Unsecured Credit |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
GENG LI and KATHLEEN JOHNSON, Federal Reserve
Board |
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Do
High Debt Payments Hinder Household Consumption Smoothing? |
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11:15
am |
Break |
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11:30
am |
ADAM
SZEIDL, UC, Berkeley |
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ATTILA
AMBRUS, |
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MARKUS
MOBIUS, MIT and NBER |
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Consumption Risksharing in
Social Networks |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch
and Adjourn |
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
ERIC
YOUNG and |
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10:00
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Break |
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10:15
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GUGLIELMO
WEBER and DIMITRIOS CHRISTELIS, |
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Expected Bequests and Current
Wealth in Share, Elsa and Hrs |
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11:15
am |
Break |
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11:30
am |
FRANCISCO
COVAS, Federal
Reserve Board |
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SHIGERU
FUJITA, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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Uninsurable
Investment Risk and Approximate Aggregation |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch
and Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, |
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THURSDAY, JULY 19: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
ERIK
HURST, |
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KERWIN
CHARLES and NICK ROUSSANOV, |
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10:00
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Break |
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10:15
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ALESSANDRO
BUCCIOL, |
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The Role of Temptation in Explaining
Individual Behavior Over the Life Cycle |
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11:15
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Break |
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11:30
am |
MARIA
JOSE LUENGO PRADO, Northeastern University |
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DMYTRO
HRYSHKO, |
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BENT
SORENSEN, |
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Childhood
Determinants of Risk Aversion: The Long Shadow of Compulsory Education |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch
and Adjourn |
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FRIDAY, JULY 20: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
MAURIZIO
MAZZOCCO, UC, |
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SHINTARO
YAMAGUCHI, |
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10:00
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Break |
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10:15
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JOSEP PIJOAN-MAS
and CLAUDIO MICHAELACCI, Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies |
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The
Effects of Labor Market Conditions on Working Time: The US-EU Experience |
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11:15
am |
Break |
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11:30
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JOHN KNOWLES,
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High-Powered Jobs: Can Contraception Technology
Explain Trends in Women's Occupational
Choice? |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch
and Adjourn |
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6/18/07 |
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