RAND Behavioral Finance Forum 2011

Behavioral Finance and Public Policy Conference

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  • A General Equilibrium Model of HomeownershipJian ChenDirector of Risk and Modeling, Freddie Mac

The RAND Behavioral Finance Forum, an organization dedicated to helping consumers make better financial decisions, held a conference on behavioral finance and public policy on May 10, 2011, in Washington D.C. The purpose of the conference was to discuss new policy options in consumer finance with staff and members of Congress and other policymakers, and with representatives of academe and the financial industry. Captured in digital video, the conference highlighted new ideas intended to help consumers make better financial decisions and achieve better outcomes.

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Welcome and Opening Remarks: Overview of Seminar Objectives Now Playing

Welcome and Opening Remarks: Overview of Seminar Objectives

Warren Cormier

President, Boston Research Group; Cofounder of BeFi

05:14

How Psychological Connectedness to the Future Self Affects Saving and Spending Now Playing
Temporal References and Temporal Preferences Now Playing

Temporal References and Temporal Preferences

Shane Frederick

Yale School of Management

35:06

Borrow Less Tomorrow: Behavioral Approaches to Debt Reduction Now Playing

Borrow Less Tomorrow: Behavioral Approaches to Debt Reduction

Jonathan Zinman

Dartmouth College

24:20

Payday Borrowers and Pecuniary Mistakes Now Playing

Payday Borrowers and Pecuniary Mistakes

Jeremy Tobacman

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

19:51

401(k) Loans and Retirement Plan Leakage Now Playing

401(k) Loans and Retirement Plan Leakage

Brigitte Madrian

Harvard University

30:12

Smarter Regulation: Applying Behavioral Economic Research to Policy Making Now Playing

Smarter Regulation: Applying Behavioral Economic Research to Policy Making

Tim Shakesby

Asset Management, European Commission, DG Internal Market and Services

12:32

A General Equilibrium Model of Homeownership Now Playing

A General Equilibrium Model of Homeownership

Jian Chen

Director of Risk and Modeling, Freddie Mac

31:11

An Experimental Study of Financial Decision-Making with Visual Analytics Now Playing

An Experimental Study of Financial Decision-Making with Visual Analytics

Anya Savikhin

The University of Chicago

15:51

Designing an Enhanced Online Retirement Calculator Now Playing

Designing an Enhanced Online Retirement Calculator

Francisco Perez-Arce

RAND Corporation

13:44

The Market for Financial Advice Now Playing

The Market for Financial Advice

Piyush Tantia

Executive Director, ideas42

09:33

Bad Advice: Explaining the Persistence of Whole Life Insurance Now Playing

Bad Advice: Explaining the Persistence of Whole Life Insurance

Santosh Anagol

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

21:28