SI 2015 Macro Public Finance

Dirk Krueger and Aleh Tsyvinski, Organizers

July 16, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 16
9:00 am
9:00 am

The Optimal Use of Public-Good Spending for Macroeconomic Stabilization
9:45 am
9:45 am

Fiscal Multipliers in the 21st Century
10:45 am
10:45 am

State Taxes and Spatial Misallocation
11:15 am

The evolution of wealth inequality over half a century: the role of skills, taxes and institutions
1:00 pm
1:00 pm

Optimal Taxation with Behavioral Agents
1:45 pm
1:45 pm

Wealth Inequality, Family Background, and Estate Taxation
2:45 pm

The Sufficient Statistic Approach: Predicting the Top of the Laffer Curve
3:30 pm
3:30 pm

Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Shocks
4:30 pm
4:30 pm

Social Health Insurance: A Quantitative Exploration