Friday, August 19, 2011, 8:30-10:15 am; Household Finance
Hedging - C3

Session Chair: Laurent Calvet, HEC Paris

• Health and Other Asset Holdings PDF
  Julien Hugonnier^1,3, Florian Pelgrin², Pascal Saint Amour^2,3
  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne¹; University of Lausanne²; Swiss Finance Institute³
  • Discussant: David McCarthy, Imperial College London

• Hedging Labor Income Risk PDF
  Sebastien Betermier¹, Thomas Jansson², Christine Parlour³, Johan Walden³
  McGill University¹; Sveriges Riksbank²; University of California - Berkely³
  • Discussant: Lorenzo Garlappi, University of British Columbia

• Can Financial Innovation Reduce the Cost of Weather Shocks? Evidence from Ex-Ante Agricultural Investment in India PDF
  Shawn Cole¹, Xavier Giné²,James Vickery³
  Harvard University¹; World Bank²; Federal Reserve Bank of New York³
  • Discussant: Peter Nyberg, Aalto University