IFS in association with LSE, UCL, CEPR , and Imperial Business School are organising a joint workshop on Friday 24th May where researchers will present new work in the area of household finance. It will take place at Imperial College Business School, main building, room LGR.

Please click here to register to attend by the end of Thursday May 16th.

The timetable for the day will be as follows:

14.00-
14.20
Registration
14.20-
15.10
Session 1: Inflation and Debt

Peter Levell "Distributional effects of the European energy crisis"
Xiao Yin "Microfounding Household Debt Cycles with Extrapolative Expectations"
15.10-
15.35
 Break
15.35-
16.25
Session 2: Real estate

Juhana Siljander "Behavioral lock-in: aggregate implications of reference dependence in the housing market"
Jeanne Bomare "Avoiding Transparency through Offshore Real Estate: Evidence from the United Kingdom
16.25-
16.50
 Break
16.50-
17.40
Session 3: Stock market participation

Michalis Haliassos "Rethinking the Stock Market Participation Puzzle: A Qualitative Approach"
Oksana Smirnova "Stock Market Participation and Portfolio Shares over the Life Cycle"