Kick off event program

Venue:
University College Maastricht
Kapel aan de Zwingelput 4

Program - November 23, 2006

10.30 - 11.00

Welcome with coffee and cake

11.00 - 11.30

Introduction by Peter Schotman, University of Maastricht and Netspar

11.30 - 12.20

Jiajia Cui, Tilburg University Longevity Risk Pricing Presentation Discussant: David Schrager, ING and University of Amsterdam Presentation

12.20 - 13.30

Lunch at Kruithuis

13.30 - 14.20

Brent Ambrose, Penn State University, Piet Eichholtz, University of Maastricht and Netspar, Thies Lindenthal, University of Maastricht House prices and fundamentals over the long-run: 355 years of evidence Paper Discussant: Clemens Kool, Utrecht School of Economics and Netspar

14.20 - 15.10

Rob Bauer, ABP, University of Maastricht and Netspar, Rik Frehen, University of Maastricht and Netspar, Robert Lum, CEM Benchmarking Inc. and Roger Otten, University of Maastricht Economies of Scale, Lack of Skill or Misalignment of Interest? A Study on Pension and Mutual Fund Performance Paper Presentation Discussant: Laurens Swinkels, Robeco and Erasmus University Rotterdam

15.10 - 15.40

Coffee break

15.40 - 16.30

Peter de Goeij, Tilburg University, Bas Werker, Tilburg University and Netspar, Theo Nijman, Netspar and Tilburg University An Alternative measure for the indexation quality of pensions Paper Presentation Discussant: Guus Boender, ORTEC and Free University Amsterdam Presentation

16.30 - 17.20

Roy Hoevenaars, ABP and University of Maastricht Eduard Ponds, ABP and Netspar Valuation of intergenerational transfers in funded collective pension schemes Paper Presentation Discussant: Casper van Ewijk, CPB and University of Amsterdam

17.20 -

Diner buffet