RAND Behavioral Finance Forum 2017
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| Theme: | Promoting Consumer Competence in Financial Decision-Making |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 24, 2017 |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. ET |
| Location: | The Pew Charitable Trusts 901 E Conference Center 901 E Street, NW Washington, D.C. |
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About BeFi
The RAND Behavioral Finance (BeFi) Forum brings together academic, financial, and government leaders to share cutting-edge behavioral research in financial decisionmaking and related topics through an annual conference and webinar series.
This year's forum will focus on financial decision-making as it relates to aging, debt and credit, retirement planning, and investments and disclosure. Presentations include a mix of studies from academics, policy makers, and industry working to better understand financial decisions.
Featured Speakers
Professor of Behavioral Decision Making,
Center for Decision Research, Leeds University Business School
Topic: Aging and Decision-Making Competence
Brigitte Madrian
Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management, the Harvard Kennedy School
Topic: Borrowing to Save? The Impact of Automatic Enrollment on Debt
BeFi Forum Program
Agenda is subject to change. All times are Eastern.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | ||
WELCOME | RAND Corporation and the Pew Charitable Trusts | 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. | |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS | 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. |
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Aging and Decision-Making Competence |
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BREAK | 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. | ||
SESSION I |
Using Behavioral Insights to Support Retirement Planning |
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. |
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Costly Zero Bias in Target Retirement Fund Choice | |||
A Community Based Randomized Controlled Trial on an Educational Intervention “YoPlaneoMiRetiro” to Promote Retirement Saving Among Hispanics | |||
Improving engagement with pension decisions: evidence from a randomised controlled trial | |||
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BREAK | 11:45 - 12:15 p.m. | ||
LUNCH SPEAKER |
12:15 - 1:00 p.m. |
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Borrowing to Save? The Impact of Automatic Enrollment on Debt |
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SESSION II |
Consumer Credit Behavior |
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. |
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Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards | |||
Do Prize-Linked Incentives Promote Positive Financial Behavior? Evidence from a Debt Reduction Intervention | |||
Don't Watch Me Read: Effects of Mandatory Waiting Periods and Observer Presence on Consumer Responses to Disclosures | |||
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BREAK | 2:15 - 2:30 p.m. | ||
SESSION III |
Providing Information to Consumers |
2:30 - 3:45 p.m. |
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Does Changing How Fees Are Displayed Nudge Investors Away From Overpriced Index ETFs?: Evidence from Two Experiments | |||
Competing Methods of Informing Student Borrowers: A Randomized Field Experiment at a For-profit Online University | |||
Learning and Confirmation Bias: Measuring the Impact of First Impressions and Ambiguous Signals | |||
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BREAK | 3:45 - 4:00 p.m. | ||
SESSION IV |
The Impact of Peers on Financial Decisions |
4:00 - 5:15 p.m. |
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Peer Advice on Financial Decisions: A case of the blind leading the blind? | |||
Raising Anchor for Behavioral Interventions: Evidence in Favor of Peer Effects | |||
Prompting Savings Behavior through Social Comparison | |||
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CLOSING REMARKS | 5:15 p.m. | ||
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