SI 2019 Macro Public Finance
Dirk Krueger, Aleh Tsyvinski, Florian Scheuer, and Stefanie Stantcheva, Organizers
July 18, 2019
University Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Summer Institute 2019 master schedule
| Wednesday, July 17 | ||
| 6:00 pm | Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel | |
| Thursday, July 18 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| Session 1: Optimal Taxation | ||
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Baris Kaymak, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Immo Schott, University of Montreal Corporate Tax Cuts and the Decline of the Labor Share |
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Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics Alan Olivi, University College London Optimal Taxation and Demand-Led Productivity |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| Session 2: Taxation and Unemployment | ||
| 11:00 am |
Ashley C. Craig, Australian National University Optimal Income Taxation with Spillovers from Employer Learning |
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Andrii V. Parkhomenko Optimal Unemployment Insurance across Space |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| Session 3: Medicare and Disability Insurance | ||
| 1:30 pm |
Felix Reichling, University of Pennsylvania Kent Smetters, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Financing Medicare Expansion in the U.S. |
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Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER Soojin Kim, Georgia State University Serena Rhee, Chung-Ang University Labor Market Screening and Social Insurance Program Design for the Disabled |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| Session 4: Taxes, Firms, and Organizations | ||
| 3:30 pm |
Marek Kapicka, CERGE-EI Ctirad Slavik, CERGE-EI Organization of Knowledge and Taxation |
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| 4:15 pm |
Stefan Steinerberger, University of Washington Aleh Tsyvinski, Yale University and NBER Tax Mechanisms and Gradient Flows |
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |