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Macroeconomics of Imperfect Risk Sharing Conference
On May 11-13, 2006, the Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance will
sponsor a conference entitled "The Macroeconomics of Imperfect Risk Sharing." The
conference will bring together some of the best junior macroeconomics researchers
doing both applied and theoretical work on economic models of imperfect insurance. Examples
of the issues investigated in this literature are: the welfare gains
of eliminating uninsurable individual risk; human capital accumulation with
imperfect insurance; the saving behavior of the retirees; the role of labor
supply and female participation to the labor market as a self-insurance device;
the scope for redistributive government policies; and the insurance mechanisms
in developing economies where formal markets are largely absent.
The conference begins with a kick-off dinner at The El Paseo Mexican Restaurant
on May 11, 2006, followed by two full days of presentations in the UCSB Harbor
Room on May 12-13, 2006. A complete schedule of events can be obtained
by clicking Agenda, above.
Announcements:
Information for Conference Participants
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