U.S.-U.K. Conference on Behavioral Finance and Public Policy

RAND Behavioral Finance Forum

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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 1, 2009, 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 Now Playing

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Shlomo Benartzi

Professor, UCLA; Co-Founder of BeFi

10:15

Electronic Disclosure: Using Modern Technology to Nudge Now Playing

Electronic Disclosure: Using Modern Technology to Nudge

Richard Thaler

University of Chicago

24:26

Encouraging Saving by Low Income Families Now Playing

Encouraging Saving by Low Income Families

Emily Haisley

Yale University

22:00

A Recommender System to Nudge Consumers to Choose Mortgages and Houses that Match their Risks and Tastes Now Playing

A Recommender System to Nudge Consumers to Choose Mortgages and Houses that Match their Risks and Tastes

John G. Lynch

Duke University

19:08

Payday Lending and Bank Overdrafts Now Playing

Payday Lending and Bank Overdrafts

Jonathan Zinman

Dartmouth College

26:48

Should We Increase Dividend Taxation? Now Playing

Should We Increase Dividend Taxation?

Roni Michaely

Cornell University and IDC

23:32

Facilitating Annuity Choices in the UK Personal Account System Now Playing

Facilitating Annuity Choices in the UK Personal Account System

Brigitte Madrian

Harvard University

18:29

Consumer Behavior in Relation to Truth in Lending Disclosures Now Playing

Consumer Behavior in Relation to Truth in Lending Disclosures

Suzanne Shu

UCLA

25:37

Behaviorally Informed Financial Services Regulation Now Playing

Behaviorally Informed Financial Services Regulation

Sendhil Mullainathan

Harvard University

26:52

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