NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2001
Aggregate Implications of Microeconomic Consumption Behavior
Orazio Attanasio, Christopher Carroll, and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 23-27, 2001
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 23:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM SULE ALAN, McMaster University
MARTIN BROWNING, Institute of Economics
Estimating Euler Equations Using Simulated Residual Estimation
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM MARIOS ANGELETOS, Harvard University
DAVID LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER
ANDREA REPETTO, JEREMY TOBACMAN, and STEPHEN WEINBERG
Harvard University
MSM Estimates of Time Preference Parameters
11:15 AM MUHAMMET FAITH GUVENEN, Carnegie Mellon University
MisMeasurement of the Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution:
The Role of Limited Stock Market Participation
12:15 PM Lunch and Adjourn
TUESDAY, JULY 24:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM CAROL BERTAUT, Federal Reserve Board
MICHAEL HALIASSOS, University of Cyprus
Debt Revolvers for Self-Control
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM MARK HUGGETT, Georgetown University
GUSTAVO VENTURA, University of Western Ontario
AMIR YARON, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Distributional Implications of a Benchmark Human Capital Model
SI01 EFACR Program
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11:15 AM ERIC FRENCH, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
JOHN JONES, SUNY-Albany
The Effects of Health Insurance and Self-Insurance on Retirement Behavior
12:15 PM Lunch and Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM NICHOLAS SOULELES, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
New Evidence on the Supply and Demand of Consumer Credit
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM ROB ALESSIE, VU Amsterdam
STEFAN HOCHGUERTEL, European University Institute
GUGLIELMO WEBER, Università di Padova
Consumer Credit: Evidence from Italian Micro Data
11:15 AM ALBERT ANDO, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
A Micro Simulation Model of Demographic Development, Household Economic Behaviour and their Macroeconomic Implications
(Joint with S. NICOLETTI, Bank of Italy)
12:15 PM Lunch and Adjourn
THURSDAY, JULY 26:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM KJETIL STORESLETTEN, Stockholm University
CHRIS TELMER, Carnegie Mellon University
AMIR YARON, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Consumption and Risk Sharing Over the Life Cycle
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM JESÚS FERNÁNDEZ-VILLAVERDE, University of Minnesota
DIRK KRUEGER, Stanford University
Consumption and Saving over the Life Cycle:
How Important are Consumer Durables?
11:15 AM GIUSEPPE BERTOLA, European University Institute
LUIGI GUISO, Ente Per Gli Studi Bancari
LUIGI PISTAFERRI, Stanford University
Uncertainty and Consumer Durables Adjustment
12:15 PM Lunch and Adjourn
SI EFACR Program
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FRIDAY, JULY 27:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 AM MICO MRKAIC, Duke University
VINCENZO QUADRINI, New York University
Entrepreneurial Investment and Savings
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM MARCO CAGETTI, University of Virginia
MARIACRISTINA DE NARDI, University of Minnesota
Entrepreneurship, Default Risk, Bequests and Wealth Inequality
11:15 AM ALEXANDER MICHAELIDES, University of Cyprus
Buffer Stock Saving and Habit Formation
12:15 PM Lunch and Adjourn
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