NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.



MACROECONOMICS AND INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING CONFERENCE

George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller, Organizers



November 2, 2002

NBER Offices,

3rd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts



PRELIMINARY PROGRAM



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2:



8:15 AM Shuttle Van from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER.



8:30 AM Shuttle Van from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER.



8:30 AM Continental Breakfast



9:00 AM TRUMAN BEWLEY, Yale University

An Interview Study of Wage Setting

Discussant:



10:00 AM Break



10:15 AM HANMING FANG and GIUSEPPE MOSCARINI, Yale University

Overconfidence, Morale and Wage-Setting Policies

Discussant: BETH ANNE WILSON, Board of Governors



11:15 AM EDWARD L. GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER

Political Economy of Hatred



Discussant: VAI-LAM MUI, University of Notre Dame



12:15 PM Lunch



1:15 PM ROLAND BENABOU, Princeton University and NBER

JEAN TIROLE, Institude Economie Industrielle

Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics



Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER



2:15 PM Break







Over, Please!



Macroeconomics and Individual Decision Making Conference Program, Page 2:



2:30 PM JOHN SHEA, University of Maryland and NBER

Childhood Deprivation and Adult Wealth



Discussant: LAWRENCE KOTLIKOFF, Boston University and NBER



3:30 PM JOHN AMERIKS, TIAA-CREF Institute

ANDREW CAPLIN, New York University and NBER

JOHN LEAHY, Boston University and NBER

Wealth Accumulation and the Propensity to Plan



Discussant: ANNAMARIA LUSARDI, Dartmouth College



4:30 PM Adjourn



10/18/02