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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
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Trans-Atlantic Public Economics
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Conference on Fiscal Policy |
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June 14-16, 2010 |
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Roger Gordon and Roberto Perotti, Organizers |
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Varenna ( |
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PROGRAM |
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SUNDAY, JUNE 13: |
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Welcome buffet-dinner in the |
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MONDAY, JUNE 14: |
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Output Response to Fiscal Policy |
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CHAIR: ROBERTO PEROTTI, |
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9:00 am |
KAREL
MERTENS, |
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MORTEN
RAVN, |
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Empirical Evidence on the Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and
Unanticipated U.S. Tax Policy Shocks |
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Discussants:
MARTIN EICHENBAUM, Northwestern University and NBER |
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CARLO
FAVERO, IGIER |
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10:15 am |
Break |
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10:45 am |
ALAN AUERBACH and YURIY GORODNICHENKO, UC, Berkeley and
NBER |
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Discussants: ALEX MICHAELIDES, LSE |
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ROBERTO
PEROTTI, IGIER |
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12:00 n |
ERIC
LEEPER, Indiana University |
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ALEXANDER
RICHTER, |
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TODD
WALKER, |
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Discussants: ETHAN ILZETZKI, London School of
Economics |
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STEPHANIE
SCHMITT-GROHE, Columbia University |
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1:15 pm |
Lunch |
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State and Local Fiscal Policy |
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CHAIR:
FRANCESCO GIAVAZZI, IGIER and NBER |
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2:45 pm |
JEFF
CLEMENS, Harvard University |
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Discussants:
JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER |
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ALAN AUERBACH, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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4:00 pm |
Break |
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4:15 am |
JOSHUA
RAUH, Northwestern University and NBER |
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ROBERT
NOVY-MARX, University of Chicago |
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Fiscal Imbalances and Borrowing Costs: Evidence from State Investment
Losses |
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Discussants:
ANDREAS PEICHL, |
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MARCO
BATTAGLINI, Princeton University and NBER |
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5:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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8:30 pm |
Dinner at
Hotel Royal |
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TUESDAY, JUNE 15: |
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Choice of Fiscal Policy |
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CHAIR: ALAN AUERBACH, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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9:00 am |
MARCO BATTAGLINI,
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STEPHEN
COATE, |
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Fiscal Policy
over the Real Business Cycle: A Positive Theory |
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Discussants: |
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ROGER
GORDON, UC, |
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10:15 am |
Break |
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10: 45 am |
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International Differences in Fiscal Policy During the Global Crisis |
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Discussants: ILIAN MIHOV, INSEAD |
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SILVANA
TENREYRO, |
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12:00 n |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
Excursion
to Bellagio |
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Dinner at
Ristorante La Pergola (Pescallo) |
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Back to Varenna |
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16: |
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International Evidence on the Effects of Fiscal Policy |
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CHAIR: JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER |
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8:30 am |
ETHAN
ILZETZKI, |
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ENRIQUE
MENDOZA and CARLOS VEGH, |
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Discussants: JAMES FEYRER, |
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TODD
WALKER, Indiana University |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00 am |
MATHIAS
DOLLS, |
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CLEMENS
FUEST, |
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ANDREAS
PEICHL, |
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Discussants: TOMMASCO MONACELLI, |
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MORTEN
RAVN, |
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11:15 am |
JAMES
FEYRER and JAY SHAMBAUGH, |
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Global Savings and Global Investment: The Transmission of Identified
Fiscal Shocks |
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Discussants: CLEMENS
FUEST, |
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JOSHUA
RAUH, Northwestern University and NBER |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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Time Series Approaches to the Macroeconomic Effects of Taxation |
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CHAIR: ROGER GORDON, UC, |
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Choice of Fiscal Policy |
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1:30 pm |
CARLO FAVERO,
IGIER |
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FRANCESCO
GIAVAZZI, IGIER |
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Discussants: MARTIN
URIBE, Columbia University |
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JEFF CLEMENS, Harvard University |
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2:45 pm |
Break |
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3:00 pm |
ROBERTO
PEROTTI, IGIER |
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Discussants:
CARLO FAVERO, IGIER |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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Dinner at
Hotel Royal |