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Steven M. Laufer

Economist

Household and Real Estate Finance Section

Research and Statistics

202-475-6608
steven.m.laufer@frb.gov
Education
  • Ph.D., Economics, New York University, 2012

  • Current Research Topics

  • Equity extraction and mortgage default
  • Cohabitation and household labor supply
Fields of Interest

    • Economist

      Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    • 2012 - present
  • Ameriks, John, Andrew Caplin, Steven Laufer, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (2011). "The Joy of Giving Or Assisted Living? using Strategic Surveys to Separate Public Care Aversion from Bequest Motives," Journal of Finance, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 519-561.
  • Ameriks, John, Andrew Caplin, Steven Laufer, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (2007). "Annuity Valuation, Long-Term Care, and Bequest Motives," Pension Research Council Working Paper PRC WP2007-20. Pension Research Council, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
  • Ameriks, John, Andrew Caplin, Steven Laufer, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (2007). "The Joy of Giving Or Assisted Living? using Strategic Surveys to Separate Bequest and Precautionary Motives," NBER Working Papers 13105. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Last update: March 13, 2013