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 |
Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States |
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| 11:40 am |
The Value of Private Business in the United States |
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| 12:20 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Technology and Tax Capacity: Evidence from Local Governments in Ghana |
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| 1:40 pm |
How the Design of Algorithms for Taxpayer Audits Affects the Distribution of Audited Taxpayers by Race |
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| 2:20 pm | Break | |
| 2:40 pm |
Becoming Legible to the State: The Role of Detection and Enforcement Capacity in Tax Compliance |
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| 3:20 pm |
Revealing 21% of GDP in Hidden Assets: Evidence from Argentina’s Tax Amnesties |
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| 4:00 pm | Break | |
| 4:20 pm |
Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the DRC |
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| 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) |
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| Friday, October 28 | ||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:20 am |
The Impact of Incarceration on Employment and Earnings |
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| 10:00 am |
The Political Economy of Subsidy Giving |
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| 10:20 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Monitoring, Organizational Culture, and the Efficiency of Public Procurement |
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| 11:40 am |
Growing Up Over the Social Safety Net: The Effects of a Cash Transfer Program on the Transition to Adulthood |
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| 12:20 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
How Much do Borrowers Value Student Debt Relief? Evidence from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program |
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| 1:40 pm |
The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs |
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| 2:20 pm | Adjourn | |