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Behavioral Responses to Taxation: Research Using Administrative Tax Data
Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren, Organizers

Public Economics Program Meeting
Amy Finkelstein and Neale Mahoney, Organizers

April 7-8, 2016

NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, April 07


8:00 am


Shuttle Service (two vans) from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER

We still have a small number of vans. Participants are encouraged to augment local transportation with groups of 2 and 3 arranging Uber rides.

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

Behavioral Responses to Taxation: Research Using Administrative Tax Data

9:00 am

Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER
George Bulman, University of California at Santa Cruz
The Effects of the Tax Deduction for Postsecondary Tuition: Implications for Structuring Tax Based Aid

9:35 am

Eric Bettinger, Stanford University and NBER
Oded Gurantz, Stanford University
Laura Kawano, Department of the Treasury
Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth College and NBER
The Long Run Effects of Financial Aid: Evidence from the Cal Grants

10:10 am

Break

10:20 am

Sarena Goodman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Adam Isen, Department of the Treasury
Un-Fortunate Sons: Effects of the Vietnam Draft Lottery on the Next Generation’s Labor Market

10:55 am

Heidi Schramm, Joint Committee on Taxation
Jake Mortenson, Joint Committee on Taxation
Andy Whitten, Joint Committee on Taxation
The Effect of Required Minimum Distribution Rules on Withdrawals from Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts

11:30 am

Break

11:40 am

Bradley Heim, Indiana University
Gillian Hunter, Department of the Treasury
Adam Isen, Department of the Treasury
Ithai Lurie, Department of the Treasury
Shanthi Ramnath, Department of the Treasury
Income Responses to the Affordable Care Act: Evidence from the Premium Tax Credit

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Annette Alstadsaeter, University of Oslo
Martin Jacob, WHU
Wojciech Kopczuk, Columbia University and NBER
Kjetil Telle, Statistics Norway
Accounting for Business Income in Measuring Top Income Shares: Integrated Accrual Approach Using Individual and Firm Data from Norway

2:05 pm

Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore
Gene Amromin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Souphala Chomsisengphet, OCC
Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia University and NBER
Amit Seru, University of Chicago and NBER
Vincent Yao, Georgia State University
Mortgage Refinancing, Consumer Spending, and Competition: Evidence from the Home Affordable Refinancing Program

3:10 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Eduardo Davila, New York University
Using Elasticities to Derive Optimal Bankruptcy Exemptions

4:35 pm

Alexander M. Gelber, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Damon Jones, University of Chicago and NBER
Jae Song, Social Security Administration
Daniel W. Sacks, Indiana University
Estimating Extensive Margin Responses on Kinked Budget Sets: Evidence from the Earnings Test

5:40 pm

Adjourn

5:45 pm

Shuttle Service (two vans) from the NBER to the Royal Sonesta Hotel

We still have a small number of vans. Participants are encouraged to augment local transportation with groups of 2 and 3 arranging Uber rides.

6:15 pm

Dinner
Royal Sonesta Hotel
University BC Room
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA 02124

Dinner Speaker:
Maya Shankar

White House Senior Advisor for the Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Friday, April 08



7:45 am
& 8:10 am

Shuttle Service (two vans) from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER


8:00 am


Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Sharat Ganapati, Yale University
Joseph S. Shapiro, Yale University and NBER
Reed Walker, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Energy Prices, Pass-Through, and Incidence in U.S. Manufacturing

9:35 am

Brian Baugh, Ohio State University
Itzhak Ben-David, Ohio State University and NBER
Hoonsuk Park, Ohio State University
The “Amazon Tax”: Empirical Evidence from Amazon and Main Street Retailers

10:40 am

Break

11:00 am

Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Cornell University
Stefan Pichler, ETH Zurich
The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior

12:05 pm

Lunch and Adjourn