SI 2016 Macro Public Finance
Dirk Krueger and Aleh Tsyvinski, Organizers
July 21, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel
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Till O. Gross, Carleton University Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Transfer Union |
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| 9:00 am |
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER A Simpler Theory of Optimal Capital Taxation |
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| 9:00 am |
Florian Scheuer, University of Zurich Iván Werning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Mirrlees meets Diamond-Mirrlees |
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| 11:00 am |
Alisdair McKay, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics Optimal Automatic Stabilizers |
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| 11:00 am |
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Knowledge of Future Job Loss and Implications for Unemployment Insurance |
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| 1:30 pm |
Arpad Abraham, University of Bristol Susanne Forstner, Stockholm University Tax Progressivity, Performance Pay and Search Frictions |
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| 1:30 pm |
Nezih Guner, CEMFI Remzi Kaygusuz, Sabanci University Gustavo Ventura, Arizona State University Rethinking the Welfare State |
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| 3:30 pm |
Juan Carlos Conesa, Stony Brook University Macroeconomic effects of Medicare |
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| 3:30 pm |
Brant Abbott, Queen's University Dominik Sachs, University of St. Gallen Universal versus Targeted Preschools: A Mechanism-Design Approach |
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