NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
Incentive and Distributional Consequences of Tax
Expenditures |
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James Poterba, Organizer |
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March 27-29, 2008 |
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Hyatt Regency Coconut Point |
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Bonita |
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Program |
Thursday, March 27: |
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7:30 pm |
Reception and Dinner |
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Friday, March 28: |
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7:45 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:15 am |
Rosanne Altshuler, |
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Robert Dietz, NAHB |
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Reconsidering
Tax Expenditure Estimation:
Challenges and Reforms |
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Discussant: Thomas
Barthold, Joint Committee on Taxation |
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9:15 am |
Robert Carroll, Tax Foundation |
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David Joulfaian and James |
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Income
versus Consumption Tax Baselines for Tax Expenditures |
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Discussant: Eric
Toder, Urban Institute |
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10:15 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 am |
Susan Guthrie |
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James Hines, |
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Discussant:
Christopher Heady, OECD |
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11:45 am |
Jonathan Gruber, MIT and
NBER |
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Discussant: Leonard
Burman, Urban Institute |
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12:45 pm |
Lunch and Afternoon Free |
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4:30 pm |
Deena Ackerman and Gerald |
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Discussant: John Karl
Scholz, |
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5:30 pm |
Jon Bakija, |
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Bradley |
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Discussant: Daniel
Feenberg, NBER |
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6:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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7:00 pm |
Reception and Dinner |
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Saturday, March 29: |
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7:45 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:15 am |
James Poterba, MIT and NBER
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Todd Sinai, |
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Revenue
Cost and Incentive Effects of Tax Expenditures for Owner-Occupied Housing
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Discussant: George
Zodrow, |
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9:15 am |
Mihir Desai and Monica
Singhal, |
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Dhammika
Dharmapala, University of Connecticut |
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Investable Tax Credits:
The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit |
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Discussant: Therese
McGuire, Northwestern University |
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10:15 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 am |
Nada Eissa, |
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Hilary Hoynes, UC, Davis
and NBER |
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Redistribution
and Tax Expenditures: The Earned
Income Tax Credit |
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Discussant: Emmanuel
Saez, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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11:45 am |
Gilbert Metcalf, |
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Discussant: Roger
Gordon, UC, |
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12:45 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
James Poterba, MIT and NBER |
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Arturo Ramirez Verdugo,
Protego |
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Portfolio
Substitution and the Tax Expenditure for State and Local Government Borrowing
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Discussant: William
Gentry, |
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2:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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3/24/08 |
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