Event·Sep 20, 2019, 12:00 AM·University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021
Housing, Household Debt, and the Macroeconomy Conference
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This is a conference focused on housing, household debt, and macroeconomics. It is held every year in Chicago, rotating between Northwestern, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the University of Chicago. The 2019 conference was hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago.
Agenda
Friday, September 20, 2019
08:30:00–09:00:00
Breakfast and Registration
09:00:00–09:40:00
Top Wealth in the United States: New Estimates and Implications for Taxing the Rich
09:40:00–10:20:00
Credit Cycles with Market-Based Household Leverage
10:20:00–10:50:00
Break
10:50:00–11:30:00
Reducing Barriers to Enrollment in Federal Student Loan Repayment Plans: Evidence from the Navient Field Experiment
11:30:00–12:10:00
Passing the Buck: Liquidity, Student Loans, and Who Pays for College
12:10:00–13:10:00
Lunch
13:10:00–13:50:00
Trickle-Down Housing Economics
13:50:00–14:30:00
Search Frictions and Idiosyncratic Price Dispersion in the US Housing Market
14:30:00–15:00:00
Break
15:00:00–15:40:00
Housing Consumption and Investment: Evidence from Shared Equity Mortgages
15:40:00–16:20:00
Why Do Borrowers Default on Mortgages? A New Test Using High Frequency Data
16:30:00