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Consumer Finance Research Group
New England Meeting

Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Boston Room

Tentative Program
Papers are available in PDF format.

Attendance is by invitation only. Please contact Joanna Stavins for information.

8:30 am   Informal breakfast
8:50 am

Welcome and introductions
9 am

Stephan Meier (Columbia University) and Charles Sprenger (UC San Diego): “Charging Myopically Ahead: Evidence on the Effect of Present-Biased Preferences on Credit Card Borrowing”
10 am 

Scott Carrell (UC Davis) and Jonathan Zinman (Dartmouth College): “In Harm’s Way? Payday Loan Access and Military Personnel Performance”
11 am Break
11:15 am  Shawn Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry (Harvard University): “If You Are So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation”
12:15 pm

Lunch
policy discussion
1:30 pm

Final remarks, what’s next

RSVP (by invitation only)

Joanna Stavins
617-973-4217

 
Consumer Finance Research Group Meetings

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