SI 2015 Macro Public Finance
Dirk Krueger and Aleh Tsyvinski, Organizers
July 16, 2015
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Summer Institute 2015 master schedule
| Thursday, July 16 | ||
| 9:00 am | ||
| 9:00 am |
Pascal Michaillat, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER The Optimal Use of Public-Good Spending for Macroeconomic Stabilization |
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| 9:45 am | ||
| 9:45 am |
Pedro Brinca, Nova School of Business and Economics Hans A. Holter, University of Delaware Per Krusell, Stockholm University and NBER Laurence Malafry Fiscal Multipliers in the 21st Century |
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| 10:45 am | ||
| 10:45 am |
Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Eduardo Morales, Princeton University and NBER Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER State Taxes and Spatial Misallocation |
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| 11:15 am |
Baris Kaymak, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Markus Poschke, McGill University The evolution of wealth inequality over half a century: the role of skills, taxes and institutions |
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| 1:00 pm | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER Optimal Taxation with Behavioral Agents |
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| 1:45 pm | ||
| 1:45 pm |
Fang Yang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Wealth Inequality, Family Background, and Estate Taxation |
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| 2:45 pm |
Mark Huggett, Georgetown University Alejandro Badel, Bureau of Labor Statistics The Sufficient Statistic Approach: Predicting the Top of the Laffer Curve |
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| 3:30 pm | ||
| 3:30 pm |
Sebastian Dyrda, University of Toronto Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Shocks |
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| 4:30 pm | ||
| 4:30 pm |
Juergen Jung, Towson University Chung Tran, Australian National University Social Health Insurance: A Quantitative Exploration |
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