Tax Policy and the Economy
Robert A. Moffitt, Organizer
September 14, 2017
National Press Club, Washington DC
| Thursday, September 14 | ||
| 8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 am | Introductory Remarks by Robert Moffitt | |
| 8:35 am |
Alex Rees-Jones, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Dmitry Taubinsky, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Taxing Humans: Normative Implications of Biased Responses to Taxes |
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| 9:45 am | Break | |
| 10:00 am |
Andrew Samwick, Dartmouth College and NBER Means-Testing Federal Health Entitlement Benefits |
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| 10:35 am |
Jeffrey Clemens, University of California, San Diego and NBER Benedic N. Ippolito, American Enterprise Institute Implications of Medicaid Financing Reform for State Government Budgets |
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| 11:10 am | Break | |
| 11:25 am |
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER Wallace K.C. Mok, Chinese University of Hong Kong Disability, Taxes, Transfers and the Economic Well-Being of Women |
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| 12:00 n |
Caroline M. Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER Online Postsecondary Education and the Higher Education Tax Benefits: An Analysis with Implications for Tax Administration |
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| 12:35 pm | Closing Comments | |
| 12:45 pm |
Lunch Speaker: Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking |
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| 2:00 pm | Adjourn | |