Public Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Julie Berry Cullen, Manasi Deshpande, and Jacob Goldin
April 1-2, 2021
Thursday, April 1
Session: Research Using US Administrative Tax Data - Part 1
11:30 am

Tax Evasion at the Top of the Income Distribution: Theory and Evidence

John Guyton, Internal Revenue Service
Patrick Langetieg, Internal Revenue Service
Daniel Reck, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Max Risch, Carnegie Mellon University
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:05 pm

Who Values Human Capitalists’ Human Capital? Physician Earnings and Labor Supply

Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
Kevin Rinz, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Hugh Shiplett, University of New Brunswick
Victoria Udalova, U.S. Census Bureau
12:40 pm
Break
Session: Research Using US Administrative Tax Data - Part 2
1:00 pm

Building an Infrastructure for Real-Time Policy Analysis using Administrative Data: A Case Study of the Impacts of Stimulus Checks in the COVID-19 Crisis

Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
John N. Friedman, Brown University and NBER
Michael Stepner, University of Toronto
1:25 pm

Does Growing Up in Tax-subsidized Housing Lead to Higher Earnings and Educational Attainment?

Elena C. Derby, Joint Committee on Taxation
1:50 pm

IPOs and Corporate Tax Planning

Christine L. Dobridge, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Rebecca Lester, Stanford University
Andrew Whitten, U.S. Department of the Treasury
2:15 pm
Break
Session: Research Using Other Administrative Tax Data
2:45 pm

Corporate Taxation and Evasion Responses: Evidence from a Minimum Tax in Honduras

Thiago Scot, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), World Bank
Felipe Lobel, Columbia University
Pedro Zúniga, Servicio de Administracion de Rentas
3:20 pm

Permanent and Transitory Responses to Capital Gains Taxes: Evidence from a Lifetime Exemption in Canada

Adam M. Lavecchia, McMaster University
Alisa Tazhitdinova, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
3:55 pm
Adjourn
Friday, April 2
11:30 am

Is Air Pollution Regulation Too Stringent?

Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Reed Walker, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:05 pm

Regulating Conglomerates: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program in China

Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
Zhao Chen, Fudan University
Zhikuo Liu, Fudan University
Qiaoyi Chen, Fudan University
12:40 pm
Break
1:10 pm

Anticipation and Consumption

Neil Thakral, Brown University
Linh T. Tô, Boston University
1:45 pm

Anti Insurance: Health Insurance Worsens Risk Exposure

Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Rema Hanna, Harvard University and NBER
Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Elan Satriawan, TNP2K
Sudarno Sumarto, TNP2K
3:15 pm
Adjourn