SI 2016 Public Econ. Taxation & Social Insurance

Amy Finkelstein and Raj Chetty, Organizers

July 26, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 26
8:30 am
Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Estimates for the United States, 1913-2013
9:20 am
David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Nicholas Turner, Federal Reserve Board
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER

Stimulating Housing Markets
10:30 am
Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Jean-Pierre H. Dubé, University of Chicago and NBER

The Geography of Poverty and Nutrition: Food Deserts and Food Choices Across the United States
11:20 am
Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Rema Hanna, Harvard University and NBER
Jordan C. Kyle, IFPRI
Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Sudarno Sumarto, TNP2K

Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
1:00 pm
Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER

Private Provision of Social Insurance: Drug-Specific Price Elasticities and Cost-Sharing in Medicare Part D
1:45 pm
Marika Cabral, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Mark R. Cullen, Stanford University and NBER

Estimating the Value of Public Insurance Using Complementary Private Insurance
2:40 pm
Arash Nekoei, Stockholm University
David G. Seim, Stockholm University

On the Accumulation of Wealth: the Role of Inheritance
3:15 pm
Jonathan Goupille-Lebret, CNRS, Univ. de Lyon
Arturo Infante, Axa

Behavioral Responses to Inheritance Tax: Evidence from Nocthes in France
4:05 pm
Giogia Maffini, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Jing Xing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Micheal P. Devereux, University of Oxford

The Impact of Investment Incentives: Evidence from UK Corporation Tax Returns
4:05 pm
Jing Xing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Giogia Maffini, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Micheal P. Devereux, University of Oxford

Corporate Tax Incentives and Capital Structure: Empirical Evidence from UK Tax Returns
4:50 pm
Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER

The Welfare Effects of Endogenous Product Variety: Evidence from Commodity Taxes in the U.S.