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Thursday, October 27
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11:00 am
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Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States
(slides)
Sacha Dray, The World Bank
Camille Landais, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
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11:40 am
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The Value of Private Business in the United States
Jacob Robbins, University of Illinois at Chicago
Richard C. Campbell, University of Illinois at Chicago
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12:20 pm
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Lunch
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1:00 pm
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Technology and Tax Capacity: Evidence from Local Governments in Ghana
Anders Jensen, Harvard University and NBER
David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER
James Dzansi, International Growth Centre
Henry Telli, International Growth Centre
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1:40 pm
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How the Design of Algorithms for Taxpayer Audits Affects the Distribution of Audited Taxpayers by Race
Hadi Elzayn, Stanford University
Evelyn A. Smith, University of Michigan
Tom Hertz, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Robin Fisher, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Daniel E. Ho, Stanford University
Jacob Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER
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2:20 pm
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Break
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2:40 pm
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Becoming Legible to the State: The Role of Detection and Enforcement Capacity in Tax Compliance
Oyebola Okunogbe, World Bank Research Group
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3:20 pm
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Revealing 21% of GDP in Hidden Assets: Evidence from Argentina’s Tax Amnesties
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Juliana Londoño-Vélez, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Dario Tortarolo, Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank
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4:00 pm
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Break
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4:20 pm
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Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the DRC
Augustin Bergeron, Harvard University and NBER
Pedro Bessone, Uber Technologies
John Kabeya Kabeya, Direction Générale des Recettes du Kasai Central
Gabriel Z. Tourek, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
Jonathan L. Weigel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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5:00 pm
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Adjourn
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5:30 pm
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Reception and Group Dinner, Mount Auburn Ballroom
Keynote address by Natasha Sarin, Department of the Treasury (this event will be in-person only)
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Friday, October 28
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8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:20 am
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The Impact of Incarceration on Employment and Earnings
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
Carl McPherson, University of California, Berkeley
Samuel Norris, University of British Columbia
Matthew Pecenco, Brown University
Evan K. Rose, University of Chicago and NBER
Yotam Shem-Tov, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Jeffrey Weaver, University of Southern California
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10:00 am
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The Political Economy of Subsidy Giving
Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley
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10:20 am
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Break
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11:00 am
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Monitoring, Organizational Culture, and the Efficiency of Public Procurement
Pablo A. Celhay, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Marcelo Olivares, Universidad de Chile
Raimundo Undurraga, Universidad de Chile
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11:40 am
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Growing Up Over the Social Safety Net: The Effects of a Cash Transfer Program on the Transition to Adulthood
Matias Giaccobasso, VATT Institute for Economic Research and FIT
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12:20 pm
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Lunch
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1:00 pm
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How Much do Borrowers Value Student Debt Relief? Evidence from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program
Brian Jacob, University of Michigan and NBER
Damon Jones, University of Chicago and NBER
Benjamin J. Keys, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
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1:40 pm
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The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs
Elizabeth Burland, University of Michigan
Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER
Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan and NBER
Stephanie Owen, Colby College
Shwetha Raghuraman, Aarhus University
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2:20 pm
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Adjourn
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