Hearings & Testimony
Forum to Explore the Causes of the Financial Crisis, Day 2
February 27, 2010 — American University Washington College of Law
After hearing public testimony from leaders of both private and public sector entities in January, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) is bringing together experts who have researched the financial crisis for a forum in Washington, DC on February 26-27, 2010 at American University Washington College of Law.
The economists will present working papers to the Commissioners on the key issues and events leading up to the crisis and its underlying causes. The presentations will be followed by discussion with the Commissioners.
The forum is a part of the Commission's ongoing efforts to hear from academic experts and economists on issues related to the crisis. The Commission has already met with, among others, Martin Baily, Simon Johnson, David Moss, Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth T. Rosen, Hal S. Scott, Joseph E. Stiglitz, John B. Taylor, Mark Zandi and Luigi Zingales.
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Session 5: Mortgage Lending Practices and Securitization
Chris MayerPaul Milstein Professor of Real Estate, Columbia University; Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research -
Session 6: Government-Sponsored Enterprises and Housing Policy
Dwight JaffeeWillis Booth Professor of Banking, Finance, and Real Estate; Co-Chair, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley -
Session 7: Derivatives and Other Complex Financial Instruments
Markus BrunnermeierEdwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics, Princeton University -
Session 8: Firm Structure and Risk Management
Anil KashyapEdward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics and Finance and Richard N. Rosett Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago -
Session 9: Shadow Banking
Gary GortonProfessor of Finance, School of Management, Yale University