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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Public Economics Program Meeting

Amy Finkelstein and Hilary W. Hoynes, Organizers

November 7-8, 2013

SIEPR
Lucas Conference Center 133B and 134A

Landau Economics Building

579 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6072

PROGRAM

Thursday, November 7, 2013
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard University and NBER The Policy Elasticity Discussant: Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Wojciech Kopczuk, Columbia University and NBER Justin Marion, University of California, Santa Cruz Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University and NBER Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan and NBER Do the Laws of Tax Incidence Hold? Point of Collection and the Pass-through of State Diesel Taxes Discussant: Dina Pomeranz, Harvard University and NBER
4:15 pm	Break
4:30 pm am	Ilyana Kuziemko, Columbia University and NBER Katherine H. Meckel, Columbia University Maya Rossin-Slater, University of California, Santa Barbara Do Insurers Risk-Select Against Each Other? Evidence from Medicaid and Implications for Health Reform Discussant: Heidi Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
5:45 pm	Adjourn
6:15 pm	Dinner California Café 700 Welch Road Palo Alto, CA Dinner Speaker: Edward Lazear, Stanford University and NBER
Friday, November 8, 2013
8:00 am	Breakfast
8:30 am	Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Paul Schrimpf, University of British Columbia The Response of Drug Expenditures to Non-Linear Contract Design: Evidence from Medicare Part D Discussant: Dayanand Manoli, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	Francois Gerard, Columbia University Gustavo Gonzaga, PUC-Rio Informal Labor and the Cost of Social Programs: Evidence from 15 Years of Unemployment Insurance in Brazil Discussant: Johannes Schmieder, Boston University and NBER
11:15 am	Hunt Allcott, New York Univesity and NBER Dmitry Taubinsky, Harvard University The Lightbulb Paradox: Evidence from Two Randomized Control Discussant: Lucas Davis, University of California Berkeley and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch and Adjourn
10/17/13