System Applied Microeconomics Conference |
May 16-17, 2013 |
Agenda
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 | |
8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8:45 a.m - 8:55 a.m.. | Welcoming Remarks, Jamie McAndrews, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
8:55 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. |
Session 1: Human Capital |
Human Capital in the Inner City |
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10:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. |
Break |
10:55 a.m.- 12:05 p.m. | Session 2: Skills |
Labor-Market Polarization Over the Business Cycle ![]() Christopher Foote, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Richard W. Ryan, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Discussant: Didem Tuzemen, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Understanding the Long-Run Decline in Interstate Migration ![]() Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Greg Kaplan, Princeton University Discussant: Andrew Paciorek, Federal Reserve Board |
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12:05 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. | Session 3: Firms |
The Impact of Health Care Reform on Small Employers: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts Alicia Sasser Modestino, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Julia Dennett, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Discussant: Maxim Pinkovskiy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Real Effects of Credit Line Drawdowns ![]() Ralf Meisenzahl, Federal Reserve Board Jose M. Berrospide, Federal Reserve Board Discussant: Christoffer Koch, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
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2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. |
Break |
2:55 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. |
Session 4: Household Behavior |
Household Formation, Credit, and Trustworthiness Jane Dokko, Federal Reserve Board Geng Li, Federal Reserve Board Discussant: Dan Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Portfolio Choice in a Two-Person Household ![]() Urvi Neelakantan, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Nika Lazaryan, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Angela Lyons, University of Illinois Carl Nelson, University of Illinois Discussant: Claudia Sahm, Federal Reserve Board |
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4:05 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. |
Break |
4:20 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
Session 5: Consumption |
Household Inflation Expectations, Inflation Uncertainty, and Spending Mary Burke, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Ali Ozdagli, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Discussant: Wilbert van der Klaauw, Federal Reserve Bank of New York General Purpose Reloadable Prepaid Cards: Penetration, Use, and Fraud Risks Fumiko Hayashi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Emily Cuddy, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Discussant: Neil Bhutta, Federal Reserve Board |
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5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Reception (light refreshments) |
Friday, May 17 | |
8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8:45 am. - 10:30 a.m. | Session 6: Housing |
The Effect of Local Housing Ordinances on Neighborhood Stability ![]() Stephan Whitaker, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Thomas J. Fitzpatrick IV, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Lisa Nelson, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Francisca G.-C. Richter, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Discussant: Alice Henriques, Federal Reserve Board Payment Size, Negative Equity, and Mortgage Default Andreas Fuster, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Paul S. Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Discussant: Anthony Murphy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Renegotiating Distressed Mortgage Loans: A Structural Estimation ![]() Wenli Li, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania You S. Kim, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Discussant: James Vickery, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. | Session 7: Labor Market Search |
The Intensity of Job Search and Search Duration R. Jason Faberman, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Marianna Kudlyak, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Discussant: Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Scraping By: Responses to Unemployment Insurance Exhaustion in the Aftermath of the Great Recession Robert G. Valletta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Jesse Rothstein, University of California at Berkeley Discussant: Julie Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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11:55 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | Break |
12:20 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. | Session 8: Housing and Saving |
Do Consumers Want Less Debt? John Krainer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Elizabeth Laderman, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Reint Gropp, University of Frankfurt Discussant: Meta Brown, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Equity Extraction and Mortgage Default ![]() Steven Laufer, Federal Reserve Board Discussant: Ronel Elul, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
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1:20 PM | Closing and Box Lunch |