Public Economics Program Meeting

Ricardo Perez-Truglia and Gabriel Zucman, Organizers

October 27-28, 2022

Hyatt Regency, Charles View Ballroom, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, October 27
11:00 am	Sacha Dray, The World Bank Camille Landais, London School of Economics Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States (slides)
11:40 am	Jacob Robbins, University of Illinois at Chicago Richard C. Campbell, University of Illinois at Chicago The Value of Private Business in the United States
12:20 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Anders Jensen, Harvard University and NBER David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER James Dzansi, International Growth Centre Henry Telli, International Growth Centre Technology and Tax Capacity: Evidence from Local Governments in Ghana
1:40 pm	Hadi Elzayn, Stanford University Evelyn A. Smith, University of Michigan Tom Hertz, Department of the Treasury Robin Fisher, Department of the Treasury Daniel E. Ho, Stanford University Jacob Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER How the Design of Algorithms for Taxpayer Audits Affects the Distribution of Audited Taxpayers by Race
2:20 pm	Break
2:40 pm	Oyebola Okunogbe, World Bank Research Group Becoming Legible to the State: The Role of Detection and Enforcement Capacity in Tax Compliance
3:20 pm	Juliana Londoño-Vélez, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Dario Tortarolo, Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank Revealing 21% of GDP in Hidden Assets: Evidence from Argentina’s Tax Amnesties (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:20 pm	Augustin Bergeron, University of Southern California and NBER Pedro Bessone, Uber Technologies John Kabeya Kabeya, Direction Générale des Recettes du Kasai Central Gabriel Z. Tourek, University of Pittsburgh and NBER Jonathan L. Weigel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the DRC
5:00 pm	Adjourn
5:30 pm	Reception and Group Dinner, Mount Auburn Ballroom Keynote address by Natasha Sarin, Department of the Treasury (this event will be in-person only)
Friday, October 28
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:20 am	Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago Carl McPherson, University of California at Berkeley Samuel Norris, University of British Columbia Matthew Pecenco, Brown University Evan K. Rose, University of Chicago and NBER Yotam Shem-Tov, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Jeffrey Weaver, University of Southern California The Impact of Incarceration on Employment and Earnings
10:00 am	Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley The Political Economy of Subsidy Giving
10:20 am	Break
11:00 am	Pablo A. Celhay, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Marcelo Olivares, Universidad de Chile Raimundo Undurraga, Universidad de Chile Monitoring, Organizational Culture, and the Efficiency of Public Procurement
11:40 am	Matias Giaccobasso, VATT Institute for Economic Research and FIT Growing Up Over the Social Safety Net: The Effects of a Cash Transfer Program on the Transition to Adulthood
12:20 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Brian Jacob, University of Michigan and NBER Damon Jones, University of Chicago and NBER Benjamin J. Keys, University of Pennsylvania and NBER How Much do Borrowers Value Student Debt Relief? Evidence from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program
1:40 pm	Elizabeth Burland, University of Michigan Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan and NBER Stephanie Owen, Colby College Shwetha Raghuraman, University of Michigan The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs
2:20 pm	Adjourn