New England Study Group

The New England Study Group (NESG) is a seminar series, held from September to June, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Research Department. The seminars are organized by Kathy Bradbury and Yolanda Kodrzycki covering topics related to the New England economy and presented by researchers from universities and other organizations. People from both the Boston Fed and outside local organizations are welcome to attend the seminars.

Coffee and refreshments will be served at 3:30pm and the presentation will start at 3:45pm. Meetings will be held in the Seminar Room on the 8th floor unless otherwise noted. We welcome your feedback, and hope to see you soon!

 

Next Meeting

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Michael P. Johnson and Rachel B. Drew, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts-Boston
"What Social Impacts of Foreclosed Housing Redevelopment Are Important to Local Actors? How Can We Measure Them?" pdf
(joint work with David Turcotte, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Jeffrey Keisler, University of Massachusetts Boston; and Senay Solak University of Massachusetts Amherst )

See also : Decision Models for Foreclosed Housing Acquisition and Redevelopment offsite

 

Upcoming Meetings

 

Michael P. Johnson and Rachel B. Drew, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts-Boston
"What Social Impacts of Foreclosed Housing Redevelopment Are Important to Local Actors? How Can We Measure Them?"

Thursday, March 8

Andrew Reschovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
"Predicting the Impact of the Housing Crisis and the 'Great Recession' on Central City Revenues"
(joint research with Howard Chernick, Hunter College, CUNY and Adam Langley, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Thursday, April 26

Katherine Baicker, Harvard School of Public Health
"The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year" pdf
(joint work with Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, and the Oregon Health Study Group)

Tuesday, May 8 Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University
"Behavioral Economics Perspectives on Public Sector Pension Plans" offsite
(co-authored by John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson)
Thursday, June 7 Bo Zhao and David Coyne, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
"Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability of State and Local Governments"