SI 2021 Public Economics

Jeffrey Clemens, Peter Bergman, Louis Kaplow, Katherine Meckel, Monica Singhal, and Owen M. Zidar, Organizers

July 20-21, 2021

on Zoom.us

Tuesday, July 20
	FORMAT: Presenters will have 35 minutes to present and answer questions. The moderator will invite presenters' co-authors to address audience questions in the Zoom chat while the presenter is presenting. The moderator may also voice questions from the Zoom chat directly to the presenter during the presentation. Presenters are invited to leave up to five minutes at the end for audience questions that the moderator selects from the Zoom chat.
	Effects of Social Insurance Programs
11:00 am	Peter Ganong, University of Chicago and NBER Fiona E. Greig, Vanguard Max Liebeskind, Nyca Partners Pascal J. Noel, University of Chicago and NBER Daniel M. Sullivan, JPMorgan Chase Institute Joseph S. Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER Spending and Job Search Impacts of Expanded Unemployment Benefits: Evidence from Administrative Micro Data
11:35 am	Marika Cabral, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Marcus Dillender, Vanderbilt University and NBER The Impact of Benefit Generosity on Workers’ Compensation Claims: Evidence and Implications
12:10 pm	Break
	Tax Evasion and Avoidance
1:00 pm	Katarzyna A. Bilicka, Utah State University and NBER Daniela Scur, Cornell University Organizational Capacity and Firm Profitability: Evidence from Multinationals
1:35 pm	Anikó Bíró, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Daniel Prinz, World Bank László Sándor, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Tax Evasion and the Minimum Wage
2:10 pm	Break
	“Local” Public Economics
2:30 pm	Clemence Tricaud, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Better Alone? Evidence on the Costs of Intermunicipal Cooperation
3:05 pm	Daniel Reck, University of Maryland and NBER Arthur Seibold, University of Mannheim The Welfare Economics of Reference Dependence
3:40 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, July 21
	FORMAT: Presenters will have 35 minutes to present and answer questions. The moderator will invite presenters' co-authors to address audience questions in the Zoom chat while the presenter is presenting. The moderator may also voice questions from the Zoom chat directly to the presenter during the presentation. Presenters are invited to leave up to five minutes at the end for audience questions that the moderator selects from the Zoom chat.
	The Economics of Income Shocks: Analyses Using Administrative Tax Data
11:00 am	Mikhail Golosov, University of Chicago and NBER Michael Graber, Statistics Norway Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER David Novgorodsky, University of Chicago How Americans Respond to Idiosyncratic and Exogenous Changes in Household Wealth and Unearned Income
11:35 am	Andrew C. Barr, Texas A&M University and NBER Jonathan Eggleston, U.S. Census Bureau Alexander A. Smith, West Point The Effect of Income During Infancy: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits
12:10 pm	Break
	Policy Towards Wealth and Saving
1:00 pm	Christian A. Moser, Columbia University and NBER Pedro Olea, Princeton University Optimal Paternalistic Savings Policies
1:35 pm	David Agrawal, University of California, Irvine Dirk Foremny, IEB Barcelona Clara Martínez-Toledano, Paris School of Economics Paraisos Fiscales, Wealth Taxation, and Mobility (slides)
2:10 pm	Break
	Impacts of Firm Subsidy Policies
2:30 pm	Alexander W. Bartik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER Michael Luca, Harvard University and NBER Christopher T. Stanton, Harvard University and NBER Adi Sunderam, Harvard University and NBER The Targeting and Impact of Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Small Businesses
3:05 pm	Tobias Etzel, Deutsche Bundesbank Sebastian Siegloch, University of Mannheim Nils Wehrhöfer, Bundesbank Research Centre Direct, Spillover and Welfare Effects of Regional Firm Subsidies
3:40 pm	Adjourn