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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC

Conference on Fiscal Federalism

Julie Cullen and Roger Gordon - Organizers

March 25-27, 2010

Hotel del Coronado
1500 Orange Avenue

Coronado, CA 92118

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, MARCH 25:
7:00 pm	Reception and Group Dinner at the Hotel del Coronado
FRIDAY, MARCH 26:
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Welcoming Remarks and Session 1: Overview
	KATHERINE BAICKER, Harvard University and NBER
	JEFFREY CLEMENS, Harvard University
	MONICA SINGHAL, Harvard University and NBER
	Fiscal Federalism in the United States
	Discussants: GEORGE ZODROW, Rice University
	ROBIN BOADWAY, Queen’s University
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	Session 2: Possible Explanations, part I
	DAVID FIGLIO, Northwestern University and NBER
	DEBORAH FLETCHER, Miami University
	Suburbanization, Demographic Change and the Consequences for School Finance
	Discussants: JULIE CULLEN, University of California at San Diego and NBER
	ROBERT McMILLAN, University of Toronto and NBER
	ROBERTON WILLIAMS, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
	Growing State-Federal Conflicts of Interest in Environmental Policy: The Role of Market-Based Regulation
	Discussants: MICHAEL KEEN, International Monetary Fund
	MONICA SINGHAL, Harvard University and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch
3:00 pm	Session 3: Possible Explanations, part II
	HILARY HOYNES, University of California at Davis and NBER
	ERZO LUTTMER, Harvard University and NBER
	Insurance Benefits from Progressive Taxes and Transfers
	Discussants: KEVIN MILLIGAN, University of British Columbia and NBER
	ROBERTON WILLIAMS, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
4:15 pm	Break
4:30 pm	THERESE McGUIRE, Northwestern University
	NATE ANDERSON, University of Illinois at Chicago
	Do States Practice Benefit Taxation? School Finance Reform and the Distribution of State Taxes
	Discussants: KARL SCHOLZ, University of Wisconsin and NBER
	HILARY HOYNES, University of California at Davis and NBER
5:30 pm	Adjourn
6:15 pm	Reception and Group Dinner at the Coronado Boathouse,
	(across from the Hotel del Coronado)
SATURDAY, MARCH 27:
8:15 am	Continental Breakfast
8:45 am	Session 4: Incidence of Deviations of Taxes from User Fees?
	JULIE CULLEN and ROGER GORDON, University of California at San Diego and NBER
	Income Redistribution in a Federal System of Governments
	Discussants: JOHN WILSON, Michigan State University
	THERESE MCGUIRE, Northwestern University
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Session 5: Breakdown of Tiebout Competition
	RAJASHRI CHAKRABARTI, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
	JOYDEEP ROY, Economic Policy Institute
	Effect of Constraints on Tiebout Competition: Evidence from School Finance Reforms in the U.S.
	Discussants: FERNANDO FERREIRA, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	DAVID FIGLIO, Northwestern University and NBER
11:30 am	Lunch
2:30 pm	Session 5: continued
	PATRICK BAYER, Duke University and NBER
	ROBERT McMILLAN, University of Toronto and NBER
	Tiebout Sorting and Neighborhood Stratification
	Discussants: RICHARD ROMANO, University of Florida
	RAJASHRI CHAKRABARTI, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Session 6: Wrap-up
	ROBIN BOADWAY, Queen’s University
	Reassessment of the Tiebout Model
	Discussants: DENNIS EPPLE, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
	ALAN AUERBACH, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
5:15 pm	Adjourn