|
Conference
on Measuring and Managing Federal Financial Risk
February
8-9, 2007
Schedule
.
| Thursday,
February 8 |
| 11:00
|
Registration
Opens |
| 12:00
– 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00
– 1:15 |
Welcome
and Introduction |
| 1:15
– 2:00 |
Federal
Financial Exposure to Catastrophic Risk (PDF
260 KB / 33 pages)
David Cummins, Wharton
George Zanjani, NY Fed
Discussant: Greg Niehaus, University of South Carolina
|
| 2:00
– 2:15 |
Break |
| 2:15
– 3:00 |
Environmental Assets and Liabilities (PDF 186 KB / 23 pages)
Geoffrey Heal, Columbia
Howard Kunreuther, Wharton
Discussant: William Pizer, Resources for the Future
|
| 3:00– 4:15 |
Panel 1
Reflections from the Hill
Moderator: Douglas Elliott, COFFI
Panelists: Bill Hoagland, Former Director of Budget & Appropriations, U.S. Senate, Office of the Majority Leader
Donald Marron, Deputy Director, CBO
|
| 4:15– 4:30 |
Break |
| 4:30– 5:15 |
Guaranteed
vs. Direct Lending: The Case of Student Loans
(PDF 244 KB / 42 pages)
Deborah
Lucas, Kellogg
Damien Moore, CBO
Read more
Discussant: Janice
Eberly, Kellogg
|
| 6:00
– 6:30 |
Cocktails
|
| 7:00
– 9:00 |
Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Peter Fisher, BlackRock
Bringing Financial Literacy to Washington (PDF 26 KB / 7 pages) |
| Friday,
February 9 |
|
| 7:30
– 9:00 |
Breakfast |
| 9:00
– 9:45 |
The
Cost of Risk to the Government and Its Implications for
Federal Budgeting
(PDF 97 KB / 38 pages)
Deborah
Lucas, Kellogg
Marvin Phaup, CBO
Discussant: Henning Bohn, UC Santa Barbara |
| 9:45
– 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:00
– 10:45 |
Federal
Housing Programs (PDF
143 KB / 40 pages)
Dwight Jaffee, Berkeley
John Quigley, Berkeley
Discussant: Susan Wachter, Wharton |
| 10:45
– 11:30 |
Valuing
Government Guarantees: Fannie and Freddie
Deborah
Lucas, Kellogg School
Robert
McDonald, Kellogg School
Discussant: Alan Marcus, Boston College |
| 11:30
– 1:00 |
Lunch
and Panel Discussion 2
What Can Be Done, What Should
Be? (PPT
184 KB)
Katherine Schipper, Duke
Moderator: David Wilcox, Deputy Director, Federal Reserve
Board
Panelists: Dan Crippen, former director CBO
Tom Allen, Chairman FASAB
Read more (PPT
41 KB)
Howell Jackson, Harvard
Read more (PDF
336 KB)
|
| 1:00
– 1:45 |
The
Market Value of Accrued Social Security Benefits (PPF
)
John Geanakoplos, Yale
Stephen Zeldes, Columbia GSB
Discussant: Kent Smetters, Wharton
Read more
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| 1:45
– 2:00 |
Wrap-up
and Adjourn |
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