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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Tax Policy and the Economy

 

Jeffrey Brown:  Organizer

 

September 20, 2012

 

National Press Club

529 14th Street, NW

Washington, DC

 

PROGRAM

 

8:15 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

 

8:45 am

Welcome and Introduction:  Jeffrey Brown, University of Illinois and NBER

 

 

8:50 am

Andrew Samwick, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Donating the Voucher: An Alternative Tax Treatment of Private School Enrollment

 

 

 

Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan and NBER

Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER

Simplifying Tax Incentives and Aid for College: Progress and Prospects

 

 

9:55 am

Break

 

 

10:10 am

Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Recent Marginal Labor Income Tax Rate Changes by Skill and Marital Status

 

 

 

James Hines, University of Michigan and NBER

 

How Important are Perpetual Tax Savings

 

 

11:15 am

Break

 

 

11:30 am

Alberto Alesina, Harvard University and NBER
Silvia Ardagna, Goldman Sachs

 

The Design of Fiscal Adjustments

 

 

 

Jeff Liebman, Harvard University and NBER

 

The Deterioration in the US Fiscal Outlook

12:35 pm

Break

 

 

12:45 pm

Luncheon

 

Luncheon Speaker:  Janice Eberly, Department of the Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy

 

 

2:00 pm

Adjourn