40th Annual NBER Tax Policy and the Economy Conference
Organized by Damon Jones and Robert A. Moffitt
Supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation
September 18, 2025
National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington DC, Zoom
Thursday, September 18
8:15 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:40 am
Welcome / Opening Remarks
8:45 am

Taxing Identity

Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan and NBER
9:20 am

Firm Investment And The User Cost of Capital: New U.S. Corporate Tax Reform Evidence

Jonathan S. Hartley, Stanford University
Kevin Hassett, Hoover Institution
Joshua Rauh, Stanford University and NBER
9:55 am

How Place and Need Intersect: How Lack of Enrollment Offices Deters Nutrition Assistance Take-Up

Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis and NBER
Jason B. Cook, University of Utah
Sonya Porter, U.S. Census Bureau
Laura Tiehen, U.S. Department of Agriculture
10:30 am
Break
10:50 am

How Americans Think About Health Care and Insurance

Beatrice Ferrario, Harvard University
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
11:25 am

United States' Long-Term Fiscal Gap

Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
William Gale, The Brookings Institution
12:00 pm

Potential Impact of Automatic Stabilizers on Debt Dynamics

Karen Dynan, Harvard University and NBER
Douglas W. Elmendorf, Harvard University and NBER
12:35 pm
Reflecting on 40 Years of Tax Policy and the Economy
Lawrence Summers, Harvard University and NBER
12:50 pm
Lunch
Lunch Speaker: Phillip Swagel, Director, Congressional Budget Office