Improving the Effectiveness of
Financial Education and Saving
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Cambridge, MA
May 21- 22, 2007

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Monday, May 21, 2007

 

Location: NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue

 
 
9:00 – 9:45 AM        Coffee and Registration
 
9:45 – 10:00 AM      Opening Remarks
 
Annamaria Lusardi (Dartmouth College)
 
10.00 – 11.15 AM     Opening Speakers
 
John Campbell (Harvard University) Presentation
Peter Tufano (Harvard Business School) Presentation
 
Moderator: Annamaria Lusardi (Dartmouth College)
 
11:15– 12:00 AM     Financial Education in High School
 
Presenter: Lewis Mandell (School of Management, SUNY-Buffalo) Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: Shawn Cole (Harvard Business School) Discussion
 
Moderator: Benjamin Friedman (Harvard and Board of Directors, National Council on Economic Education (NCEE))
 
12:00 – 1:15 PM      Lunch Break
 
1:15 – 2:00 PM        The Changing Landscape of Pensions in the US
 
Presenter: Steven Venti (Dartmouth College), joint work with James Poterba and David A. Wise Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: Sarah Holden (Investment Company Institute) Discussion
 
 
2:00 – 2:45 PM        How Much Do Workers Know About their Pensions?
 
Presenter: Nahid Tabatabai (Dartmouth College), joint work with Alan Gustman and Thomas Steinmeier Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: Karen Pence (Board of Governors) Discussion
 
Moderator: Andrew Biggs (Social Security Administration)
 
 
2:45 – 3:15 PM        Coffee Break
 
 
3:15 – 4:00 PM        New Ways to Make Workers Save
 
Presenters: Punam Keller (Prof. of Marketing, Tuck School of Business), joint work with Annamaria Lusardi and Adam Keller Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: Nava Ashraf (Harvard Business School) Discussion
 
 
4:00 – 5:00 PM        Regulatory Constraints in Saving and Pensions
 
Presenter: Howell Jackson (Harvard Law School) Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: David Wray (Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America) Discussion
 
Moderator: Kathleen Camilli (Camilli Economics and Board of Directors, NCEE)
 
 
Royal Sonesta Hotel
 
6:30 – 9:30 PM        Reception and Dinner
 
The Role of Foundations in Fostering Financial Literacy and Education Programs
 
Speakers: John Gannon  (Executive Director, NASD Investor Education Foundation) Link
Ted Beck   (President and CEO, National Endowment for Financial Education) Link
 
Moderator: Annamaria Lusardi (Dartmouth College)
 
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
 
Location: Royal Sonesta Hotel
 
8:00 – 8:30 AM        Breakfast
 
8:30 – 9:15 AM        Annuities
 
Presenter: Jeffrey Brown (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: (John Ameriks, Vanguard)  Discussion
 
9:15 – 10:00 AM      Life-Cycle Funds
 
Presenter: Luis Viceira (Harvard Business School) Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: James Poterba (MIT) Discussion
 
Moderator: Peter Fisher (Fidelity Research Institute)
 
10:00 – 10:30 AM    Coffee Break
 
10:30 – 11:15 AM   Brokers’ Recommendations and Financial Advice
 
Presenter: Kent Womack (Tuck School of Business), joint work with Ambrus Kecskés Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: Michael Pompian (Financial advisor and book author) Discussion
 
11:15 – 12:00 AM   An Evaluation of 401(k) Portfolio Decisions
 
Presenter: Stephen Utkus (Vanguard), joint work with Gary Mottola   Paper  -  Presentation
Discussant: Brigitte Madrian (Harvard University)  Discussion
 
Moderator: Pamela Perun (Policy Director, Initiative on Financial Security, Aspen  Institute)
 
12:00 – 1:30 PM      Lunch Break
 
Luncheon speakers: Dan Iannicola Jr, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Financial Education, US Treasury Link  -  Presentation
Joseph Peri (Executive Vice President, NCEE) Presentation
 
Moderator: John Tatom (Director of Research, Networks Financial Institute)
 
 
1:30 – 2:45 AM        Learning from the US and Other Countries
 
Presenter: Robert Clark (North Carolina State University College of  Management), joint work with Madeleine d’Ambrosio Paper  -  Presentation

 

Presenter: Olivia Mitchell (Wharton School), joint work with Petra Todd and Jose Luis Ruiz  Paper  -  Presentation
 
Discussant: Gary Engelhardt (Syracuse University) Discussion
 
Moderator: Jeffrey Kling (The Brookings Institution)
 
2:45 – 3:00 PM        Coffee Break
 
3:00 – 4.15 PM         Learning from the Experience of OECD Countries
 
Presenter: Annika Sunden (Stockholm University and Swedish National Paper  -  Presentation
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Presenter: Barbara Smith (Board of Governors), joint work with Fiona Stewart  Paper  -  Presentation
 
Discussant: Maarten van Rooij (Dutch Central Bank) Discussion
 
4:15 – 5:00 PM        Learning from Individual Development Accounts
 
Presenter: Michael Sherraden (University of Washington at S. Louis), joint work with Ray Boshara Paper  -  Presentation
 
Discussant: Shaun Mundy (Financial Services Authority, UK) Discussion
 
Moderator: André Laboul (Head, Financial Affairs Division, OECD)
 
 
5:00 – 5:15 PM        Concluding Remarks
 

 

 

 

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