Program
Monday, August 24
15.00 – 15:05 Opening Remarks
15:05-15:35 Keynote presentation Olivia Mitchell (Wharton School University of Pennsylvania) “Building Better Retirement Systems in the Wake of the Global Pandemic”
15:35 – 16:05 Keynote presentation Luis M. Viceira (Harvard Business School) “Building Portfolios for Long-Horizon Investors”
16:05-16:10 Break
16:10 – 16:40 Keynote presentation Annamaria Lusardi (The George Washington University School of Business) “The P-Fin Index: Four Years of Data to Understand Personal Finance in America”
16:40-17:10 Keynote presentation Terrance Odean (Haas School of Business) “Mediating Investor Attention”
17:10-17:15 Break
17:15-18:00 Panel Discussion “How can consumer welfare be improved in the financial markets?”
Ninni Franceschi (Nordea)
Sven Hagströmer (Creades & Avanza)
Daniel Barr (Swedish Pension Authorities)
Erik Thedeén (Finansinspektionen, Swedish FSA)
Moderator: Anders Anderson & Paolo Sodini, Swedish House of Finance
Concluding Remarks
18:00-18:30 meet/mingle session for questions, networking, discussion
Tuesday, August 25 (Academic format)
15:00 – 15:40 “Do Women Receive Worse Financial Advice?” Utpal Bhattacharya (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Amit Kumar (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Sujata Visaria (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Jing Zhao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Discussant: Tabea Bucher-Koenen (ZEW)
15:40- 16:20 “From Patriarchy to Partnership: Gender Equality and Household Finance” Luigi Guiso (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance) and Luana Zaccaria (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
Discussant: Anastasia Girshina (Swedish House of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics)
16:20-16:25 Break
16:25-17:05 “Financial Media as a Money Doctor: Evidence from Refinancing Decisions” Lin Hu (Australian National University) Kun Li (Australian National University) Phong Ngo (Australian National University) and Denis Sosyura (Arizona State University)
Discussant: Kasper Meisner Nielsen (Copenhagen Business School)
17:05-17:45 “Mind the App: Mobile Access to Financial Information and Consumer Behavior” Yaron Levi (Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California) and Shlomo Benartzi (Anderson School of Management University of California, Los Angeles)
Discussant: Francesco D'Acunto (Boston College, Carroll School of Management)
17:45-18:30 meet/mingle session for questions, networking, discussion
For each 40 min slot, presenters have 20 mins to present their paper. A total of 15 mins are allocated to the discussants and 5 mins for general discussion.
Wednesday, August 26 (Academic Format)
15:00 – 15:40 “Unshrouding product-specific attributes through financial education” Olga Balakina (Lund University / Aarhus University) Aditi Dimri (University of Warwick) Vimal Balasubramaniam (Queen Mary University of London, and CEPR) and Renuka Sane (Institute of Public Finance and Policy)
Discussant: Ansgar Walther (Imperial College London)
15:40 – 16:20 “Exploited by Complexity” Paul Gao (University of Notre Dame) Allen Hu (Yale School of Management), Peter Kelly University of Notre Dame), Cameron Peng (London School of Economics), and Ning Zhu (Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance)
Discussant: Petra Vokata (Ohio State University)
16:20-16:25 Break
16:25-17:05 “Retirement Savings Adequacy in U.S. Defined Contribution Plans” Francisco Gomes (London Business School) Kenton Hoyem Wei-Yin Hu (Edelman Financial Engines) Enrichetta Ravina (Kellogg School of Management)
Discussant: Giulio Fella (Queen Mary University of London)
17:05-17:45 “Leveraging Overconfidence” Brad M. Barber (Graduate School of Management UC) Davis Xing Huang (Olin Business School Washington University) Jeremy Ko (Securities and Exchange Commission) and Terrance Odean (Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley)
Discussant: Yigitcan Karabulut (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and CEPR)
17:45-18:30 meet/mingle session for questions, networking, discussion
For each 40 min slot, presenters have 20 mins to present their paper. A total of 15 mins are allocated to the discussants and 5 mins for general discussion.