Consumer Finance Research Group
2009 New England Meeting
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Informal breakfast
Welcome and introductions
Ethan Cohen-Cole, Burcu Duygan-Bump, Judit Montoriol-Garriga (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston): "Forgive and Forget: Who Gets Credit after Bankruptcy and Why?"
John Beshears (Harvard), James J. Choi (Yale), David Laibson (Harvard), Brigitte C. Madrian (Harvard), and Katherine L. Milkman (Harvard Business School): "The Effect of Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions"
Break
Zvi Bodie (Boston University): Lifecycle Saving and Investing
Lawrence Kotlikoff (Boston University): Financial Pathology, Malpractice, and Cure
Break
Nava Ashraf (Harvard Business School), Diego Aycinena (Francisco Marroquin University), Claudia Martinez (University of Chile), and Dean Yang (University of Michigan): "Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador"
Lunch and panel discussion: Consumer Finance Curriculum Brigitte Madrian (Harvard Kennedy School of Government), Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School)