Back to HomepageThe Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Wharton Financial Institutions Center, in association with the Journal of Financial Intermediation, jointly sponsor a conference on
CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS AND CREDIT
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 6th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA
March 22-23, 2001
Thursday, March 22
| 5:45 PM | Welcome Reception and Dinner, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Distinguished Address: Anthony M. Santomero, President Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
Friday, March 23
| 8:15 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM | Welcoming Remarks: Loretta J. Mester, Vice President and |
| Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | |
| 9:00 AM | David Gross (University of Chicago) |
| Nicholas Souleles (University of Pennsylvania) | |
| "Consumer Response to Changes in Credit Supply: Evidence from Credit Card Data" | |
| Discussant: Paul Calem, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:20 AM | Wei Fan (University of Michigan) |
| Michelle J. White (University of California, San Diego) | |
| "Personal Bankruptcy and the Level of Entrepreneurial Activity" | |
| Discussant: Mitchell Berlin, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | |
| 11:30 AM | Lunch and Special Keynote Address: Jean-Charles Rochet Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse |
| 1:30 PM | Charles Kahn (University of Illinois) |
| James McAndrews (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) | |
| William Roberds (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) | |
| "A Theory of Transactions Privacy" | |
| Discussant: William Lang, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | |
| 2:30 PM | Break |
| 2:50 PM | Moshe Kim (University of Haifa) |
| Doron Kliger (University of Haifa) | |
| Bent Vale (Bank of Norway) | |
| "Estimating Switching Costs and Oligopolistic Behavior" | |
| Discussant: Steven Sharpe, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | |
| 3:50 PM | Break |
| 4:10 PM | Charles Kahn (University of Illinois) |
| George Pennacchi (University of Illinois) | |
| Ben Sopranzetti (Rutgers University) | |
| "Bank Consolidation and Consumer Loan Interest Rates" | |
| Discussant: Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | |
| 5:15 PM | Reception, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
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