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, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Soci
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