40% of US Covid-19 deaths come from nursing homes. Interesting to see if policy lapsation also up. Ironically, this might be the best news for long-term care insurers in decades.

Happy to see my joint work with Emanuel Moench and a Christoph Fricke on VoxEU. Career concerns drive institutional fund managers to reach for yield, leading to price pressure and amplifying volatility in bond markets.

April 1-2: NBER Inequality, Discrimination & the Financial System conference will be live-streamed on NBER YouTube channel youtube.com/channel/UC79EL… Organized by RFS editors Gregor Matvos, Manju Puri & @TRamadorai

Looks like a cool NBER conference on innovative data in Household Finance — organized by Joe Vavra Jialan Wang and Stephen Zeldes. Submit here by Oct 18; conference virtual on Dec 10: nber.org/confsubmit/bac…

Happy to present my JMP on consumer exploitation in insurance markets at the CEPR European Conference on Household Finance! Wednesday 6th Oct 5.05pm CEST: cepr.org/5799/programme

LBS’s Alexandru Barbu is the winner of this year’s BlackRock Applied Research Award: ow.ly/jQHq50HftA7 #WhyILoveLBS

There is a general problem in behavioral economics that information often doesn't change behavior much even in situations where people are making outright mistakes. There are several reasons why.

An exciting lineup of presentations and discussants for the NBER Insurance Meeting in Chicago on Oct 21: nber.org/conferences/in….

We are excited to welcome our new #faculty into the INSEAD #community! Our world-class faculty from over 40 countries excels in developing #research that inspires, supports and challenges business leaders across industries. Visit insead.edu/faculty-resear… for more!