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Public Economics Program Meeting

Julie Cullen and Amy Finkelstein, Organizers

April 7-8, 2011

SIEPR
Stanford University
579 Serra Mall at Galvez
Stanford, CA

PROGRAM

Thursday, April 7, 2011
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	SESSION: Unemployment Insurance over the Business Cycle
	Johannes Schmieder,Boston University Till von Wachter, Columbia University and NBER Stefan Bender, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates Over 20 Years
	Kory Kroft,Yale University Matthew J. Notowidigdo,University of Chicago Should Unemployment Insurance Vary With the Unemployment Rate? Theory and Evidence
	Camille Landais, Stanford University Pascal Michaillat, London School of Economics Emmanuel Saez, UC, Berkeley and NBER Optimal Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer, UC, Berkeley and NBER The Effects of Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from the InterWar Era
4:15 pm	Break
4:30 pm	Matias Busso, IZA Jesse Gregory, University of Michigan Patrick M. Kline, UC, Berkeley and NBER Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place Based Policy
5:45 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Shuttle Vans Depart from SIEPR for Zibibbo Restaruant
6:30 pm	Group Dinner - Zibibbo Restaurant, 30 Kipling St., Palo Alto
8:30 pm	Shuttle Vans Depart from Zibibbo Restaruant for the Sherton Palo Alto
Friday, April 8, 2011
7:00 am	Shuttle Vans Depart from the Sheraton Palo Alto for SIEPR
7:30 am	Shuttle Vans Depart from the Sheraton Palo Alto for SIEPR
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00 am	Nicole Maestas and Kathleen Mullen, Rand Corporation Alexander Strand,SSA Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt
	Lex Borghans, Maastricht University Anne Gielen IZA Erzo F. P. Luttmer, Dartmouth College and NBER Social Support Shopping: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform
9:15 am	Liran Einav, and Mark R. Cullen, Stanford University and NBER Amy Finkelstein and Stephen P. Ryan, MIT and NBER Paul Schrimpf, MIT Selection on Moral Hazard in Health Insurance
10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:45 am	Paul Niehaus, UC, San Diego Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College The Marginal Rate of Corruption in Public Programs
12:00 n	Lunch
	Afternoon Session Joint with Environmental and Energy Economics
1:00 pm	Yuyu Chen, Peking University Avraham Ebenstein, Hebrew University Michael Greenstone, MIT and NBER Hongbin Li, Tsinghua University The Long-Run Impact of Air Pollution on Life Expectancy: Evidence from China’s Huai River Policy
2:15 pm	H. Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University and NBER B. Andrew Chupp, Illinois State University Heterogeneous Harm vs. Spatial Spillovers: Environmental Federalism and US Air Pollution
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Michael Anderson, UC, Berkeley Maximilian Auffhammer, UC, Berkeley and NBER Vehicle Weight, Highway Safety and Energy Policy
5:00 pm	Adjourn
5:45 pm	Shuttle Vans Depart from SIEPR for California Café
6:15 pm	Group Dinner - California Café, 700 Welch Road, Palo Alto CA
8:30 pm	Shuttle Vans Depart from California Café for the Sheraton Palo Alto

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