M E M O R A N D U M

TO:		Invitees
FROM:		James Poterba
DATE:		March 4, 2005
RE:		Behavioral Responses to Taxation/ Public Economics Meeting, April 7, 2005

I would like to invite you to participate in the NBER Behavioral Responses to Taxation meeting that is scheduled to be held on the morning of April 7, 2005, at the Bureau’s offices at 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.  The preliminary program is available at http://www.nber.org/~confer/2005/taxs05/taxs05prg.html

You are also invited to attend the Public Economics program meeting that is scheduled for the afternoon of April 7, and the dinner that evening at which David Bradford’s contributions to public economics will be remembered.  The reception and dinner will be held at the Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA at 5:30 PM.

Please reply via email through Conference Department’s new web reply form no later than Monday March 14
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Hotel reservations will be made as requested at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA, 617-806-4200.  The NBER will pay room charges plus tax for one night.  If you wish to stay additional nights the rate is $179.00 single or double plus 12.45% tax per night.  If you do not show up at the hotel, and do not call either the hotel or the NBER to cancel your reservations, you will be charged one night’s rate as a no-show. 

Due to budget constraints the Bureau will reimburse only APEX or super saver, deeply discounted airfares.  Out-of-town participants are urged to book their flights as soon as possible in order to qualify for discounted fares. Under no circumstances will first, business or full coach class fares be reimbursed.  Travel regulations and travel expense forms are available at www.nber.org/~confer/

For your convenience, we have established a master account with American Express Travel in Cambridge, 1-800-964-7409.

Authors, please send a copy of your paper to the NBER Conference Department by MARCH 23, in order to be included in the paper mailing.  Or you may email your paper to confer@nber.org in PDF/Word or Word-perfect format.  Please let the Conference Department know on the enclosed reply form if you would like to have your paper posted on the NBER web page at www.nber.org/~confer/

If you have any questions, please call Lita Kimble at the NBER, 617-588-0385; or FAX 617-864-1825.  You can also reach her through e-mail at confer@nber.org

I look forward to seeing you in April.