NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
PUBLIC ECONOMICS PROGRAM MEETING
James Poterba, Organizer
April 10-11, 2003
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, APRIL 10:
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM BRIAN KNIGHT, Brown University and NBER
Parochial Interests and the Centralized Provision of Local Public Goods:
Evidence from Congressional Voting on Transportation Projects
Discussant: ROBERT INMAN, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
2:15 PM STEPHEN COATE, Cornell University and NBER
Pareto Improving Campaign Finance Policy
Discussant: MARCO BATTAGLINI, Princeton University
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM JEFFREY BROWN, University of Illinois and NBER
AMY FINKELSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER
Why is the Market for Private Long-Term Care Insurance So Small?
The Roll of Pricing and Medicaid Crowd-Out
Discussant: DAVID CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER
5:15 PM Adjourn
5:30 PM Shuttle Van Departs 1050 Mass. Avenue for Royal Sonesta Hotel.
5:45 PM Shuttle Van Departs 1050 Mass. Avenue for Royal Sonesta Hotel.
6:00 PM Dinner: Royal Sonesta Hotel
Speaker: DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN, Congressional Budget Office
(on leave from Syracuse University and NBER)
Over, Please!
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FRIDAY, APRIL 11:
7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.
8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM JULIE BERRY CULLEN, University of Michigan and NBER
ROGER GORDON, UC, San Diego and NBER
Taxes and Entrepreneurial Activity:
Theory and Evidence for the U.S.
Discussant: AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, University of Chicago and NBER
9:45 AM JAGADEESH GOKHALE, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
LAURENCE KOTLIKOFF, Boston University and NBER
ALEXI SLUCHYNSKY, ESPlanner
Discussant: ROBERT MOFFITT, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
11:00 AM BREAK
11:30 AM JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER
Pay or Pray: The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Participation
Discussant: LAURENCE IANNACCONE, George Mason University
12:45 PM Working Lunch
1:45 PM Panel Discussion on Tax Reform
DAVID BRADFORD, Princeton University and NBER
MICHAEL GRAETZ, Yale University
3:00 PM Adjourn
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