Public Economics Program Meeting

John N. Friedman, Adam Isen, and Juliana Londoño-Vélez, Organizers

April 13-14, 2023

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, April 13
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Who Bears the Burden of Rising Health Care Spending in the US? Evidence from Hospital Mergers
9:40 am

On the Nature of Entrepreneurship
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Earnings Business Cycles: The Covid Recession, Recovery, and Policy Response
11:20 am

Tax Expenditures by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:50 pm

Re-examining Regional Income Convergence: A Distributional Approach
1:30 pm

The Radius of Economic Opportunity: Evidence from Migration and Local Labor Markets
2:10 pm
Break
Public Economics Program Meeting Begins
2:40 pm

Managers and Public Hospital Performance
3:20 pm

The Impact of Privatization: Evidence from the Hospital Sector
4:00 pm
Break
4:20 pm

Judging Nudging: Understanding the Welfare Effects of Nudges Versus Taxes
5:00 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Reception
6:00 pm
Group Dinner
Remarks and Conversation with Brian Deese, Former Director of the National Economic Council, The White House
Friday, April 14
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Tax Design, Information, and Elasticities: Evidence From the French Wealth Tax
9:40 am

Regulating Housing Quality: Evidence from France
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Diffuse Bunching with Frictions: Theory and Estimation
11:20 am
Break
11:40 am

The Cost of Curbing Externalities with Market Power: Alcohol Regulations and Tax Alternatives
12:20 pm

Disaggregated Economic Accounts
1:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn