Topics: - Patterns of asset allocation and debt behavior over the life cycle - Financing retirement and the demographic transition - Consumer indebtedness, financial distress and default decisions - Behavioral approaches to household finances - Financial literacy and financial education...

The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers from the U.S. and Europe who are working in the area of household finance. Topics: -International comparisons of household finances using micro-data - Household borrowing decisions, including decisions about debt in general and...

The objective is to present state-of-the-art empirical research and empirically motivated theoretical research on household financial behavior and on how this is influenced by other choices, government policies, and the overall economic environment. We solicit papers in the following areas, but...

Topics: - Causes and evolution of the financial crisis - Contribution of macroeconomic policies to stability - Reform of regulation and supervision - Reform of the international financial institutions