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Public Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Damián Vergara and Danny Yagan
April 16-17, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
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Thursday, April 16
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8:30am
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Breakfast
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9:00am
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The Impact and Incidence of Supplemental Health Insurance: Evidence from Sweden
Mårten Palme, Stockholm University
David G. Seim, Stockholm University
Jens A. Wikström, University of Gothenburg
Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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9:40am
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Break
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10:00am
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Joint Taxation and Intra-Household Inequality: Evidence from Same-Sex Couples
Elena Herold, ifo Institute
Carina Neisser, University of Cologne
Leonie Koch, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
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10:35am
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Equity versus Efficiency of Indirect Taxes: Evidence from a Large Reform in India
Pierre Bachas, The World Bank
Davi Bhering, Paris School of Economics
Pulak Ghosh, India Institute of Management Bangalore
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11:10am
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Break
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11:30am
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Policy Thresholds as Growth Barriers: Theory and Evidence from a Payroll Tax Notch
Youssef Benzarti, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Jarkko Harju, Tampere University and FIT
Sami Jysmä, Tampere University
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11:50am
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The Distribution and Consequences of Disaster Property Losses: Evidence from Tax Returns of Wildfire Victims
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau
Patrick Baylis, University of British Columbia
Judson Boomhower, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Jonathan M. Colmer, University of Virginia
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12:10pm
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Lunch
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1:10pm
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Expanding Paternity Leave: Effects on Beliefs, Norms, and Gender Gaps
Henrik Kleven, Princeton University and NBER
Camille Landais, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Anne Sophie S. Lassen, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Philip Rosenbaum Herdis Steingrimsdottir, Copenhagen Business School
Jakob Egholt Søgaard, University of Copenhagen and CEBI
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1:50pm
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The Effects of Mandated Maternity Leave on Labor Market Outcomes in India
Pulak Ghosh, India Institute of Management Bangalore
Stephanie Hao, Princeton University
Lisa Y. Ho, Columbia University
Garima Sharma, Northwestern University
Shreya Tandon, Harvard University
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2:30pm
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Break
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2:45pm
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Welfare Added? Optimal Teacher Assignment with Value-Added Measures
Tanner S. Eastmond, Brigham Young University
Michael Ricks, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Julian Betts, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Nathan Mather, Secretariat Advisors
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3:25pm
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Break
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3:40pm
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Who Harvests? Tax Alpha and Heterogeneous Responses to Capital Gains Taxation
Federico Mainardi, Columbia University
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4:20pm
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The Design of Retirement Plan Match Schedules
Guillermo Carranza, Yale University
Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Fiona E. Greig, The Vanguard Group
Cormac O'Dea, Yale University and NBER
Lawrence D.W. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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5:00pm
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Adjourn
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6:00pm
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Reception and Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Is the Direction of Artificial Intelligence Socially Optimal?"
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Friday, April 17
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8:30am
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Breakfast
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9:00am
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A Beckerian Theory of Taxation
Margaret Chen, University of Chicago
Mikhail Golosov, University of Chicago and NBER
Ilia Krasikov, Arizona State University
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9:40am
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Equilibrium Neglect and Political Feasibility
Bnaya Dreyfuss, Harvard University
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10:20am
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Break
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10:40am
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Does Progressivity Raise Tax Capacity? Experimental Evidence from the D.R. Congo
Gabriel Z. Tourek, University of California, Davis and NBER
Arthur Laroche, University College London
Austin Bergeron, Harvard University and NBER
Joana Naritomi, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Jonathan L. Weigel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Marina M. Ngoma, Tufts University
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11:00am
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The Fiscal Contract up Close: Experimental Evidence from Mexico City
Anne Brockmeyer, The World Bank
Francisco Garfias, University of California, San Diego
Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER
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11:20am
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The Limits of Government Outsourcing: Property Tax Re-Assessments in India
Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Rema Hanna, Harvard University and NBER
Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Shreya Tandon, Harvard University
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11:40am
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Does Tax Avoidance Trickle Down? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Justin E. Holz, University of Michigan
Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Alejandro Zentner, University of Texas at Dallas
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12:00pm
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Adjourn
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