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, Northwestern University and NBER Lorenz Kueng, University of Lugano 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 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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