Public Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Raj Chetty and Danny Yagan
October 26-27, 2017
SIEPR-Gunn Building, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305
Thursday, October 26
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am

Subsidizing Health Insurance for Low-Income Adults: Evidence from Massachusetts

Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

The Impact of the Affordable Care Act: Evidence from California's Hospital Sector

Mark Duggan, Stanford University and NBER
Atul Gupta, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
11:30 am
Lunch
12:40 pm

Disability Insurance Income Saves Lives

Alexander M. Gelber, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Timothy J. Moore, Purdue University and NBER
Alexander Strand, Social Security Administration
1:30 pm

Targeting with In-kind Transfers: Evidence from Medicaid Home Care

Ethan Lieber, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:50 pm

The Effect of Social Security Information on the Labor Supply of Older Americans

Philip Armour, RAND Corporation
Michael Lovenheim, Cornell University and NBER
3:40 pm

Consumer Spending During Unemployment: Positive and Normative Implications

Peter Ganong, University of Chicago and NBER
Pascal Noel, University of Chicago and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
4:45 pm
Shuttle leaves SIEPR for Indo Restaurant
5:30 pm
Dinner
Indo Restaurant
3295 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94305
7:30 pm
Shuttle leaves Indo Restaurant for Sheraton Palo Alto
Friday, October 27
8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
8:40 am

The Effects of Rent Control Expansion on Tenants, Landlords, and Inequality: Evidence from San Francisco

Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER
Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Franklin Qian, UNC Kenan - Flagler Business School
9:30 am
Break
9:50 am

Tax Audits as Scarecrows: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Marcelo L. Bérgolo, Universidad de La República, Uruguay
Rodrigo Ceni, Universidad de La República, Uruguay
Guillermo Cruces, Universidad de San Andres
Matias Giaccobasso, VATT Institute for Economic Research and FIT
Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:40 am

Wealth Taxation and Wealth Accumulation: Theory and Evidence from Denmark

Katrine Jakobsen, University of Copenhagen
Kristian Jakobsen, University of Copenhagen
Henrik Kleven, Princeton University and NBER
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:30 am
Lunch and Adjourn