NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Tax Policy and the Economy

James Poterba, Organizer

October 7, 2004

National Press Club

529 14th Street, NW

Washington, DC

PROGRAM

8:00 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM	ANN WITTE, Wellesley College and NBER

The Structure of Early Care and Education in the United States:

Historical Evolution and International Comparisons

JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER

Tax Policy for Health Insurance

9:45 AM	Break

10:15 AM	JAMES HINES, University of Michigan and NBER

Do Tax Havens Flourish?

MICHELLE HANLON, University of Michigan

TERRY SHEVLIN, University of Washington

Book-Tax Conformity for Corporate Income: An Introduction to the Issues

11:30 AM	Break

11:45 AM	RANDALL MORCK, University of Alberta and NBER

How to Eliminate Pyramidal Business Groups

The Double Taxation of Inter-corporate Dividends and other

Incisive Uses of Tax Policy

1:00 PM	Lunch

Luncheon Speaker:

DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN, Congressional Budget Office

2:15 PM	Adjourn

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