Public Economics Program Meeting

Julie Berry Cullen, Manasi Deshpande, and Jacob Goldin, Organizers

April 1-2, 2021

Thursday, April 1
	Session: Research Using US Administrative Tax Data - Part 1
11:30 am	John Guyton, Internal Revenue Service Patrick Langetieg, Internal Revenue Service Daniel Reck, University of Maryland and NBER Max Risch, Carnegie Mellon University Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Tax Evasion at the Top of the Income Distribution: Theory and Evidence
12:05 pm	Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER Kevin Rinz, Washington Center for Equitable Growth Hugh Shiplett, University of New Brunswick Victoria Udalova, U.S. Census Bureau Who Values Human Capitalists’ Human Capital? Physician Earnings and Labor Supply
12:40 pm	Break
	Session: Research Using US Administrative Tax Data - Part 2
1:00 pm	Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER John N. Friedman, Brown University and NBER Michael Stepner, University of Toronto Building an Infrastructure for Real-Time Policy Analysis using Administrative Data: A Case Study of the Impacts of Stimulus Checks in the COVID-19 Crisis
1:25 pm	Elena C. Derby, The Joint Committee on Taxation Does Growing Up in Tax-subsidized Housing Lead to Higher Earnings and Educational Attainment?
1:50 pm	Christine L. Dobridge, Federal Reserve Board Rebecca Lester, Stanford University Andrew Whitten, Department of the Treasury IPOs and Corporate Tax Planning
2:15 pm	Break
	Session: Research Using Other Administrative Tax Data
2:45 pm	Thiago Scot, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), World Bank Felipe Lobel, University of California, Berkeley Pedro Zúniga, Servicio de Administracion de Rentas Corporate Taxation and Evasion Responses: Evidence from a Minimum Tax in Honduras
3:20 pm	Adam M. Lavecchia, McMaster University Alisa Tazhitdinova, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER Permanent and Transitory Responses to Capital Gains Taxes: Evidence from a Lifetime Exemption in Canada
3:55 pm	Adjourn
Friday, April 2
11:30 am	Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Reed Walker, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Is Air Pollution Regulation Too Stringent?
12:05 pm	Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER Zhao Chen, Fudan University Zhikuo Liu, Fudan University Qiaoyi Chen, Fudan University Regulating Conglomerates: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program in China
12:40 pm	Break
1:10 pm	Neil Thakral, Brown University Linh T. Tô, Boston University Anticipation and Consumption
1:45 pm	Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER Anti Insurance: Health Insurance Worsens Risk Exposure
2:20 pm	Break
2:40 pm	Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Rema Hanna, Harvard University and NBER Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Elan Satriawan, Department of Economics, Universitas Gadjah Mada Sudarno Sumarto, TNP2K Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia
3:15 pm	Adjourn