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30th Annual Economic Policy Conference
Federal Credit and Insurance Programs
October 20-21, 2005
Program Information
Thursday, October 20, 2005
"Welcome to the Conference"
William Poole, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (photo)
"Is the U.S. Bankrupt?"
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University (photo)
PowerPoint Presentation ( 76K)
Discussant: Anjan Thakor, Washington University in St. Louis (photo)
"On the Importance of the Plumber"
Douglas J. Elliott, Center On Federal Financial Institutions (photo)
PowerPoint Presentation ( 72K)
Discussant: George J. Benston, Emory University (photo)
Comment by George J. Benston
"Federal Credit and Insurance Programs: Housing"
John M. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley (photo)
PowerPoint Presentation (151K)
Discussant: John. C. Weicher, Hudson Institute (photo)
"On Asset-Liability Matching and Government Deposit and Pension Insurance"
Zvi Bodie, Boston University (photo)
PowerPoint Presentation ( 40K)
Discussant: Deborah J. Lucas, Northwestern University (photo)
PowerPoint Presentation (441K)
Friday, October 21, 2005
"Should the Government Provide Insurance For Catastrophes?"
J. David Cummins, University of Pennsylvania (photo)
PowerPoint Presentation (572K)
Discussant: Dwight M. Jaffee, University of California, Berkeley (photo)
PowerPoint Presentation (441K)
Panel Discussion: "What is the appropriate role of the federal government in the private
markets for credit and insurance? What is the outlook?"
Moderator: William Poole, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Panelists: Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University (photo)
Robert E. Litan, Kauffman Foundation and Brookings Institution (photo)
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University (photo)
Photos of all conference speakers: PDF version | PowerPoint version
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