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New Perspectives on Consumer Behavior in Credit and Payment Markets
Conference Announcement

September 7-8, 2017, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

The Consumer Finance Institute and the Research Department are hosting the Bank's ninth biennial research conference on topics related to consumer credit and payments.

The papers accepted for this year's conference address a wide range of issues including leverage, consumption smoothing, information frictions, and the relationship between other markets and credit market outcomes.

PROGRAM:

Thursday, September 7 (5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)

WELCOME AND RECEPTION

Friday, September 8 (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

PAPERS:

High-Cost Debt and Borrower Reputation: Evidence from the U.K.
Presenter: Andres Liberman, New York University

Credit Score Doctor
Presenter: Andrei Simonov, Michigan State University

The Effect of Health Insurance on Home Payment Delinquency: Evidence from ACA Marketplace Subsidies
Presenter: Emily Gallagher, Washington University in St. Louis

Did the ACA's Dependent Coverage Mandate Reduce Financial Distress for Young Adults?
Presenter: Nathan Blascak, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Real Effects of Search Frictions in Consumer Credit Markets
Presenter: Bronson Argyle, Brigham Young University

Regulating Household Leverage
Presenter: Anthony DeFusco, Northwestern University

Rainy Day Credit? Unsecured Credit and Local Employment Shocks
Presenter: Jeremy Tobacman, University of Delaware

The Marginal Propensity to Consume Out of Credit: Evidence from Random Assignment of 54,522 Credit Lines
Presenter: Deniz Aydin, Washington University in St. Louis

NOTE: The conference is free of charge, but space is limited and registration is required. The registration deadline is August 23 2017.

REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION: For your convenience, a block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the Omni Hotel. Reservations must be reserved by August 14 in order to guarantee a room. For details on how to book a room, see the conference website, https://www.cvent.com/events/new-perspectives-on-consumer-behavior-in-credit-and-payments-markets/registration-1ab7947f67be410e8d4f832af8d1d2ef.aspx

For questions and clarifications, please email PHIL.CFI_2017@phil.frb.org

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: Manuel Adelino, Mitchell Berlin, Ronel Elul, Bob Hunt, and Vyacheslav Mikhed.

Posted: 10 Aug 2017