These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Jeffrey Brown (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM
Session: Lifecycle Investing (AEA)
Presiding: Joshua Rauh (University of Chicago)

Contingent Claims Analysis and Life-Cycle Finance
Zvi Bodie (Boston University)
Doriana Ruffino (Boston University)
Jonathan Treussard (Boston University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor Supply: A Welfare Analysis of Life-Cycle Funds
Luis Viceira (Harvard Business School)
Laurence Kotlikoff (Boston University)
Francisco Gomes (London Business School)
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New Strategies for Promoting Annuitization
Jeffrey Brown (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Jeffrey Kling (Brookings Institution)
Sendhil Mullainathan (Harvard University)


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May 2013 AER

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May 2013 AEJ: Policy

May 2013 AEJ: Micro

April 2013 AEJ: Macro

April 2013 AEJ: Applied

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