SI 2017 Macro Public Finance
Dirk Krueger and Aleh Tsyvinski, Organizers
July 20, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Thursday, July 20 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| Session 1: Optimal Taxation | ||
| 9:00 am |
Aleh Tsyvinski, Yale University and NBER Nicolas D. Werquin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Generalized Compensation Principle |
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Yena Park, Seoul National University Yongsung Chang, Seoul National University Optimal Taxation with Private Insurance |
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Marek Kapicka, CERGE-EI Quantifying the Welfare Gains from Histor y Dependent Income Taxation |
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| 10:45 am | Break | |
| Session 2: Social Security | ||
| 11:00 am |
Alessia Russo, BI Norwegian Business School Francesco Lancia, University of Vienna Timothy Worrall, University of Edinburgh Sustainable Intergenerational Insurance |
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Christian A. Moser, Columbia University and NBER Pedro Olea, Princeton University Optimal Paternalistic Savings Policies |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| Session 3: (Optimal) Fiscal Policy and Aggregate Fluctuations | ||
| 1:30 pm |
Rohan Kekre, University of Chicago and NBER Unemployment Insurance in Macroeconomic Stabilization |
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Xavier Ragot, Sciences Po Francois Le Grand, Rennes School of Business Optimal Fiscal Policy with Heterogeneous Agents and Aggregate shocks |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| Session 4: Government Debt | ||
| 3:30 pm |
Marina Azzimonti, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Pierre Yared, Columbia University and NBER The Public and Private Provision of Safe Assets |
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Marcus Hagedorn, University of Oslo Hans A. Holter, University of Delaware Yikai Wang The Optimal Quantity of Capital and Debt |
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:00 pm |
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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