LSE-IFS-UCL-CEPR-Imperial Business School workshop on household finance

On 30 June 2026 from 13:45 to 18:00

LSE, The Marshall Building, 1st Floor, Room 1.06, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3LY.

The IFS, in association with LSE, UCL, CEPR, and Imperial Business School, are organising a workshop on household finance.

IFS in association with LSE, UCL, CEPR , and Imperial Business School are organising a joint workshop on Tuesday 30th June. It will take place at LSE, The Marshall Building, 1st Floor, Room 1.06, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3LY.

You can also find directions using this link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JtRQ8j6JBLtDR24X8

The timetable for the day will be as follows:

 

13.45-
14.00		Registration
14.00 - 
14.10		Welcome and opening remarks
14.10-
15.10

Session 1: Consumer Choice, Beliefs and Market Frictions

Jamie Coen (Imperial): Regulating Inaction: The Case of Price Walking
Lakshmi Naaraayanan (LBS): Divine Catalysts: Religion and Portfolio Choice

15.10-
15.30		 Break
15.30-
16.30

Session 2: Financial Shocks and Household Behavior

Dominic Cucic (Danmarks Nationalbank): Understanding Bank Bail-ins: The Real Effects of Imposing Depositor Losses
Belinda Tracey (BoE): How Do Interest Rates Affect Consumption? Household Debt and the Role of Asset Prices

16.30-
16.50		 Break
16.50-
17.50

Session 3: Income Shocks, Earnings Risk, and Household Spending

Dagmar Hopenbeck (Oxford): Why is the Spending Response to Transitory Income Shocks Frontloaded?
Tom Waters (IFS): Marginal Propensities to Consume in and out of Work: Evidence from the Timing of Income Support

17.50-
18.00		Closing Remarks

 

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    Institute for Fiscal Studies

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