Month: May 2011
Understandings and Misunderstandings of Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
by James Foster
Advances in Behavioral Finance
Organized by
The Institute for International Economic Policy
and
The International Monetary Fund Institute
This will be an all day conference
Keynote speaker: Prof. George Akerlof (UC-Berkeley and IMF)
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Elliott School of International Affairs
City View Room 7th Floor
1957 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
8:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks IIEP Director Stephen C. Smith and IMF Institute Deputy Director Eric Clifton
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Session 1
Prof. William Goetzmann (Yale University): “The First Stock Market Bubble (and Crash!)”
Prof. Robert Stambaugh (University of Pennsylvania): “The Short of It: Investor Sentiment and Anomalies”
10:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Coffee Break
10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Session 2
Prof. Avanidhar Subrahmanyam (UCLA): “Funding Constraints and Market Efficiency”
Prof. Russ Wermers (University of Maryland): “Seasonal Asset Allocation: Evidence from Mutual Fund Flows”
12:20 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Session 3
Prof. Robert Bloomfield (Cornell University): “The Synthetic Economy Research Environment (SERE): A Platform for Experiments in Policy and Practice”
Prof. Bill Zame (UCLA): “Ambiguity and Asset Pricing: Learning from the Knowledge of Others” – Paper 1 and Paper 2
3:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. Coffee Break
3:20 p.m.-4:50 p.m. Session 4
Prof. Valery Polkovnichenko (University of Texas at Dallas): “Probability Weighting Functions Implied in Options Prices”
Prof. Jeffrey Wurgler (NYU): “Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Model”
4:50 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Coffee Break
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Keynote Address and Open Floor Discussion:
Prof. George Akerlof (UC-Berkeley and IMF): “Blind Faith: Misplaced Trust and Economic Crisis”
Organizing Commmittee:
Marco Cipriani, International Monetary Fund
Ana Fostel, George Washington University
Jorge Roldos, International Monetary Fund
Anna Scherbina, UC Davis and International Monetary Fund
Stephen C. Smith, George Washington University
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change in Low-Income Countries
Hosted by the Institute of International Economic Policy
See more about the Institute’s Adaptation to Climate Change initiative here.
In partnership with the World Bank, the UN Development Programme, the Center for International Science and Technology Policy, and the GWU Department of Economics
Wednesday, May 18 – Thursday, May 19, 2011
City View Room, 7th Floor 1957 E St NW Washington, DC 20052
Overcoming Oil Addiction to Prevent Climate Change
Steven Suranovic
George Washington University
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
12:30 to 2:00pm