Tax Policy and the Economy
Robert A. Moffitt, Organizer
September 27, 2018
Supported by the Harry and Lynde Bradley Foundation
National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
| Thursday, September 27 | ||
| 8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 am | Welcome / Opening Remarks | |
| 8:35 am |
Alexander W. Blocker, Harvard University Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University and NBER Stephen A. Ross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sergio Villar Vallenas , Boston University The True Cost of Social Security |
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| 9:15 am |
Scott R. Baker, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER Lorenz Kueng, Swiss Finance Institute Leslie McGranahan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Brian T. Melzer, Dartmouth College Do Household Finances Constrain Unconventional Fiscal Policy? |
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| 9:55 am | Break | |
| 10:15 am |
Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Tax Equivalences and Their Implications |
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| 10:55 am |
Michelle Hanlon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jeffrey L. Hoopes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan and NBER Tax Reform Made Me Do It! |
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| 11:35 am | Break | |
| 11:55 am |
Jeffrey B. Liebman, Harvard University and NBER Independent Taxation, Horizontal Equity, and Return-Free Filing |
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| 12:35 pm | Lunch | |
| Lunch Speaker – Vitor Gaspar, Fiscal Affairs Division, International Monetary Fund | ||
| 1:50 pm |
Adjourn |
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