2015 Conference: Political Economy, Public Policy and Financial Markets
November 13-14, 2015, Pittsburgh, PA
Conference Session 1
November 13, 2015
Chair: Marvin Goodfriend- Income Inequality and Asset Prices under Redistributive Taxation
Authors: Lubos Pastor and Pietro Veronesi
Discussant: Philippe Mueller - The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Financial-Market Regulations: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Authors: Adrian Buss, Bernard Dumas, Raman Uppal and Grigory Vilkov
Discussant: Johan Walden
Conference Session 2
November 13, 2015
Chair: Burton Hollifield- Credit Market Frictions and Political Failure
Authors: Madhav Aney, Maitreesh Ghatak and Massimo Morelli
Discussant: Guillermo Ordonez - Bailouts, Moral Hazard and Banks’ Home Bias for Sovereign Debt
Authors: Gaetano Gaballo and Ariel Zetlin-Jones
Discussant: Charlie Kahn
Conference Session 3
November 14, 2015
Chair: Mark Bils- Lending on Hold: Regulatory Uncertainty and Bank Credit Standards
Authors: Stefan Gissler, Doriana Ruffino and Jeremy Oldfather
Discussant: Nancy Wallace - Phasing Out the GSEs
Authors: Vadim Elenev, Tim Landvoigt and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Discussant: Jack Favilukis