13th Annual Conference: Household Finance (Joint with IREUS)

13th Annual Conference
Household Finance
(Joint with IREUS)

May
2026

Tuesday

Household Finance I
Chair: Susan M WACHTER (University of Pennsylvania)

Venue: Tanglin III & IV

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Entrepreneurship on a Safety Net: Evidence from the World’s Largest Cash Transfer Program

Murillo CAMPELLO (University of Florida)
Guilherme JUNQUEIRA* (University of Florida)
Spyridon LAGARAS (University of Illinois)

Discussant:
Nishant VATS (Washington University in St Louis)

Conference Paper

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Housing Privatization as Intergenerational Redistribution

Kaiji CHEN* (Emory University and ABFER)
Hanming FANG (University of Pennsylvania and ABFER)
Yang TANG (Nanyang Technological University)

Discussant:
Jiro YOSHIDA (The Pennsylvania State University)

Conference Paper

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Break

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Private Innovation and Wealth Inequality

Mehran EBRAHIMIAN* (Stockholm School of Economics)
Alexander LJUNGQVIST (Stockholm School of Economics and ABFER)

Discussant:
Vasudha NUKALA (Indian School of Business)

Conference Paper

May
2026

Wednesday

Household Finance II
Chair: Yang (Zoe) YANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Venue: Tanglin III

9:00 am – 10:00 am

The Value of Mortgage Choice: Payment Structure and Contract Length

Michael BOUTROS* (University of Toronto)
Nuno CLARA (Duke University)
Katya KARTASHOVA (Bank of Canada)

Discussant:
Arkodiptas SARKAR (National University of Singapore)

Conference Paper

10:00 am – 11:00 am

AI Copilots in Real Estate: Evidence from China

Lin William CONG (Nanyang Technological University and ABFER)
Xiang HUI (Washington University in St Louis)
Yushan ZHOU* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Yu ZHANG (Peking University)

Conference Paper

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

From CeFi to DeFi: What Do Investors (Mis)Trust?

Shaokai DING (The University of Manchester)
Wenzhi Dave DING* (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Chen LIN (University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Zhenyu GAO (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Conference Paper

* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 30 March 2026.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper has 30 minutes for presentation, 15 minutes for discussant remarks, and 15 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after two papers.

Contact Information

Program Director	Conference Organizer
Wenlan QIAN (National University of Singapore and ABFER) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tarun RAMADORAI (Imperial College London and ABFER) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Cristian BADARINZA (National University of Singapore) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Changcheng SONG (University of Florida) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.