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Webinar – YOLO: Mortality Beliefs and Household Finance Puzzles – April 6
Webinar: YOLO: Mortality Beliefs and Household Finance Puzzles
Date: Wednesday, April 6th, Noon (EST)
Register for this free webinar
How do beliefs about one’s mortality affect a person’s financial decisions?
In this talk, Dr. Rawley Heimer will discuss recent research on individual beliefs about survival and longevity. The research considers not just what people believe about their chances of survival, but also how they formulate these survival beliefs. You’ll learn how these beliefs play an important role in determining how individuals save and what types of assets they purchase.
Rawley Z. Heimer, Ph.D., Research Economist at the Federal Reserve
Rawley Heimer is a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. He studies individuals’ financial decisions in risky asset markets and conventional debt markets.
Dr. Heimer’s research shows that social networks and low probability events are crucial in developing distorted beliefs, which leads to trading mistakes and other costly financial errors. This research has been published in leading economics and finance journals such as the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, as well as covered in popular outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Quartz, and TheStreet.
He has a PhD from Brandeis University and a B.A. from the University of Rochester. You can follow his research on his personal website: https://sites.google.com/a/brandeis.edu/rheimer/home.
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