2018 Fellows Symposium - Behavioral Finance and Saving: Determinants of Retirement Readiness
The TIAA Institute and Pension Research Council/Boettner Center at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania are co-hosting a research forum.
The forum will focus on how common behavioral factors and biases affect retirement planning and financial decisions. These groundbreaking studies use principles of behavioral economics to examine how older Americans make retirement-related decisions. The event will provide an opportunity for a public discussion on the findings and implications of this innovative research.
Featured speakers include Shai Akabas, Director of Economic Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center, and Sandy Baum, Nonresident Fellow in the Education Policy Program, Urban Institute and Professor Emerita of Economics at Skidmore College.
Research discussions will include:
Karolina Lempert
Olivia S. Mitchell
Victor Stango
Noemi Oggero
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