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Friday, April 10
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12:00
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Conference opening and lunch
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Session one:
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Chair: Joseph P. Newhouse
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12:45 pm
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Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER
George Pennacchi, University of Illinois
Discounting
Pension Liabilities: Funding versus Value
Discussant: Joshua Rauh, Stanford University and
NBER
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1:45 pm
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Jeffrey Clemens, University of California at San Diego and NBER
David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
Impact of ACA on State and Local Health
Plans
Discussant: Katherine Baicker, Harvard University
and NBER
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2:45 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert, Stanford University
David M. Studdert, Stanford University
Monica Farid, Stanford University
Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University and NBER
Will
Divestment from Employment-Based Health Insurance Save Employers Money? The
Case of State and Local Governments
Discussant: Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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4:00 pm
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Alan R. Weil, Project Hope
State Health Plans and Their Impact on
State Budgets
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5:00 pm
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Adjourn
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5:15 pm
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Shuttle van to the Sonesta
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6:00 pm
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Dinner, Catalyst Restaurant, 300 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA
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Saturday, April 11
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7:45 am
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Shuttle van from the Sonesta
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8:00 am
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Breakfast
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Session two:
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Chair: Robert L. Clark
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8:30 am
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Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University and NBER
Emma Hanson, North Carolina State University
Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Lessons
for Public Pensions from Utah's Move to pension Choice
Discussant: David Laibson, Harvard University and
NBER
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9:30 am
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Alicia Munnell, Boston College
Jean-Pierre Aubry, Boston College
Mark Cafarelli, Boston College
COLA
Cuts in State-Local Pensions
Discussant: Jeffrey B. Liebman, Harvard University
and NBER
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10:30 am
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Break
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10:45 am
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Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University and NBER
Emma Hanson, North Carolina State University
Melinda S. Morrill, North Carolina State University
Supplemental Plan Offerings and
Retirement Saving Choices: An Analysis of North Carolina School
Districts
Discussant:
Brigitte C. Madrian, Harvard University and NBER
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11:45 am
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Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Richard Dye, University of Illinois
Illinois
Pensions in a Fiscal Context: A (Basket) Case Study
Discussant: John B. Shoven, Stanford University and
NBER
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12:45 pm
Moderator:
Panel:
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Lunch and Panel Discussion
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and NBER
Joshua Gotbaum, Former Director, US Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation
Robert Pozen, Harvard University
Sylvester Schieber, Former Chairman, Social
Security Advisory Board
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2:00 pm
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Adjourn
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