CEPRA/NBER Workshop on Aging, Cognitive Ability, and Decision-Making.

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A joint CEPRA/NBER Workshop on Aging and Health took place April 1-2 in Lugano, Switzerland. Fabrizio Mazzonna of the Universita della Svizzera italiana and Research Associates Kathleen M. McGarry of the University of California, Los Angeles and Jonathan S. Skinner of Dartmouth College organized the meeting. Tese researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Jannis Stockel, Pieter Bakx, and Bram Wouterse, Erasmus University Rotterdam, "Staying Sick but Feeling Better? The Impact of Health Shocks on Health Perceptions and Behaviors"

* Maarten Lindeboom, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Fabrizio Mazzonna and Mariya Melnychuk, Banco de Espana (the central bank of Spain), "Mental Health and Retirement"

* Zarek C. Brot-Goldberg, University of Chicago; Timothy Layton, Harvard University and NBER; Boris Vabson, Harvard University; and Adelina Yanyue Wang, NBER, "Te Behavioral Foundations of Default Efects: Teory and Evidence from Medicare Part D" (NBER Working Paper 28331)

* Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER; Evan Flack, Stanford University; and Ziad Obermeyer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, "Te Health Costs of Cost-Sharing" (NBER Working Paper 28439)

* Daniel Reck, London School of Economics, and Arthur Seibold, University of Mannheim, "Te Welfare Economics of Reference Dependence"

* John Ameriks, Te Vanguard Group; Andrew Caplin, New York University and NBER; Minjoon Lee, Carleton University; Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER; and Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER, "Cognitive Decline, Limited Awareness, Imperfect Agency, and Financial...