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Public Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Patrick J. Kennedy and Matthew J. Notowidigdo
October 23-24, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.,Cambridge, MA
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Thursday, October 23
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9:00am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:30am
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The Unequal Effects of Upzoning: Evidence from Cook County
Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER
Zong Huang, Stanford University
Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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10:05am
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Housing Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States
Ariel J. Binder, U.S. Census Bureau
Max Risch, Carnegie Mellon University
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau
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10:40am
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Break
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11:00am
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Greener on the Other Side: Inequity and Tax Compliance
Michael C. Best, Columbia University and NBER
Luigi Caloi, Columbia University
François Gerard, University College London
Evan Plous Kresch, Oberlin College
Joana Naritomi, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Laura Zoratto, The World Bank
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11:35am
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State Capacity and Infrastructure Costs
Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley
Zachary Liscow, Yale University
William H. Nober, Columbia University
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12:10pm
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Lunch
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1:00pm
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Private Capital Markets and Inequality
Ararat Gocmen, University College London
Clara Martínez-Toledano, Imperial College London
Vrinda Mittal, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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1:35pm
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Tax Incentives and Venture Capital Risk-Taking
Murillo Campello, University of Florida and NBER
Guilherme Junqueira, University of Florida
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2:10pm
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Break
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2:30pm
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Hiring Subsidies for the Disadvantaged: Evidence from the Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Manisha Jain, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Corina Mommaerts, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Jeffrey Weaver, University of Southern California
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3:05pm
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Stimulating Auto Markets
David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Geoffrey Gee, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Nicholas Turner, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER
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3:40pm
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Break
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4:00pm
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The Output Cost of Inheritance
Marius Brülhart, University of Lausanne
Aurélien Eyquem, University of Lausanne
Isabel Z. Martinez, ETH Zurich
Enrico Rubolino, University of Lausanne
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4:35pm
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Consumption, Savings, and Earnings Responses to Financial Windfalls
Rajashri Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Philippe d'Astous, HEC Montreal
Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER
Sheisha Kulkarni, University of Virginia
Vyacheslav Mikhed, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER
Sahil Raina, University of Alberta
Barry Scholnick, University of Alberta
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5:10pm
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Adjourn
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6:00pm
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Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel
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Friday, October 24
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8:30am
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Breakfast
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9:00am
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Credit Access in the United States
Trevor J. Bakker, U.S. Census Bureau
Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University
Eric A. English, U.S. Census Bureau
James S. Fogel, Opportunity Insights
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Daniel Herbst, University of Arizona
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9:35am
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The Risk Protection Value of Moral Hazard
Victoria Marone, Yale University and NBER
Angelique Acquatella, Toulouse School of Economics
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10:10am
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Break
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10:30am
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The Short-Run Effects of Congestion Pricing in New York City
Cody Cook, Yale University
Aboudy Kreidieh, Google Research
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER
Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Neha Arora, Google Research
Freek van Sambeek, Stanford University
Andrew Tomkins, Google Research
Eray Turkel
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10:55am
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Elderly Health and Longevity in the US: Evidence and Implications
Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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11:20am
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Break
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The final two paper presentations will be joint with Economic Analysis of Business Taxation
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11:30am
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How Much Tax Do US Billionaires Pay? Evidence from Administrative Data
Akcan S. Balkir, University of California, Berkeley
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Danny Yagan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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11:50AM
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Do Billionaires Pay Taxes?
Laurent Bach, ESSEC Business School
Antoine Bozio, Paris School of Economics
Arthur Guillouzouic, Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Clement Malgouyres, CREST-IPP
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12:10pm
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Lunch
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1:00pm
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Adjourn
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