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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
State Taxation of Business Income
Universities' Research Conference
Joshua Rauh, Organizer
May 5-6, 2016
NBER Feldstein Conference Room, Second Floor 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA
PROGRAM

Thursday, May 5:
8:15 am	Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	William Fox, University of Tennessee Zhou Yang, Robert Morris University Destination Taxation: Road to Economic Success? Discussant: James Hines, University of Michigan and NBER
10:00 am	Jason DeBacker, Middle Tennessee State University Bradley Heim, Indiana University Shanthi Ramnath, Department of the Treasury Justin Ross, Indiana University The Impact of State Taxes on Pass-Through Businesses: Evidence from the 2012 Kansas Income Tax Reform Discussant: Julie Berry Cullen, University of California at San Diego and NBER
11:00 am	Break
11:30 am	David Agrawal, University of Kentucky The Internet as a Tax Haven? The Effect of the Internet on Tax Competition Discussant: Sara Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:30 pm	Lunch and Panel Discussion Current Developments in State Business Taxation Bob Burgner, General Electric Corporation Doug Lindholm, Council on State Taxation
1:30 pm	Enrico Moretti, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Daniel Wilson, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco The Effect of State Taxes on the Geographical Location of Top Earners: Evidence from Star Scientists Discussant: Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm	Justin Marion, University of California at Santa Cruz Erich Muehlegger, University of California at Davis and NBER Tax Compliance and Fi scal Externalities: Evidence from U.S. Diesel Taxation Discussant: Juan Carlos Serrato, Duke University and NBER
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Brian Baugh, Ohio State University Itzhak Ben-David, Ohio State University and NBER Hoonsuk Park, Ohio State University Can Taxes Shape an Industry? Evidence from the Implementation of the ‘Amazon Tax’ Discussant: Kim Rueben, The Urban Institute
5:00 pm	Adjourn
5:15 pm	Shuttle Van Departs from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel
6:00 pm	Reception and Group Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel
Friday, May 6:
8:15 am	Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Alexander Ljungqvist, New York University and NBER Michael Smolyansky, New York University To Cut or Not to Cut? On the Impact of Corporate Taxes on Employment and Income Discussant: Owen Zidar, University of Chicago and NBER
10:00 am	Eric Ohrn, Grinnell College Investment and Employment Responses to State Adoption of Federal Accelerated Depreciation Policies Discussant: Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER
11:00 am	Break
11:30 am	Adele Morris, The Brookings Institution State-Level Carbon Taxes: Options and Opportunities for Policymakers Discussant: Chris Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:30 pm	Adjourn