Economic Impacts of Interjurisdictional Tax Competition

David R. Agrawal, James M. Poterba, and Owen M. Zidar, Organizers

January 28, 2022

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Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, January 28
10:00 am
Welcome
10:05 am
James R. Hines, University of Michigan and NBER

Evaluating Tax Harmonization
10:30 am
Michael Keen, University of Tokyo
Li Liu, International Monetary Fund
Hayley M. Pallan, World Bank

Tax Spillovers in Cross-Border Real Investment: Evidence from a New Dataset on Multinationals
10:55 am
Discussion
11:05 am
Niels Johannesen, University of Oxford

The Global Minimum Tax
11:30 am
Johnny Tang, Cornell University

The Effects of a Global Minimum Tax on Corporate Balance Sheets and Real Activities: Evidence from the Insurance Industry
11:55 am
Discussion
12:15 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Lisa De Simone, University of Texas
Rebecca Lester, Stanford University
Aneesh Raghunandan, London School of Economics

Tax Subsidy Information and Local Economic Effects
12:55 pm
Calvin N. Thrall, University of Texas, Austin
Nathan M. Jensen, University of Texas, Austin

Does Transparency Improve Public Policy? Evidence from a Tax Incentive Transparency Initiative (slides)
1:20 pm
Discussion
1:35 pm
Donghyuk Kim, Iowa State University

Economic Spillovers and Political Payoffs in Government Competition for Firms: Evidence from the Kansas City Border War
2:00 pm
David Agrawal, University of California, Irvine
William Hoyt, University of Kentucky
Tidiane Ly, Syracuse University

The Marginal Value of Public Funds in a Federation (slides)
2:25 pm
Discussion
2:35 pm
Closing Remarks and Next Steps
2:45 pm
Adjourn