Handbook of Public Economics Conference:
December 8-9, 2011
Alumni House - UC Berkeley
Sponsored by the Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public
Finance
8:30 am – 10:50 am:
Douglas Bernheim, Stanford, “Behavioral Public Economics” - Presentation
Discussant: Dan Silverman, Michigan - Discussion
Jim Andreoni, UCSD, “Charitable Giving” - Presentation
Discussant: Louis Kaplow, Harvard - Discussion
10:50 pm – 11:20 am: Break
11:20 pm – 12:30 pm:
Wojciech Kopczuk, Columbia, “Taxation of Transfers and Wealth” - Presentation
Discussant: Alan Auerbach, UC Berkeley - Discussion
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Break
1:30 pm – 3:50 pm:
Peter Diamond, MIT and Ivan Werning, MIT, “Dynamic Taxation”
Discussant: Mikhail Golosov, Princeton - Discussion
Ed Glaeser, Harvard, “Urban Public Finance” - Presentation
Discussant: Pat Kline, UC Berkeley - Discussion
3:50 pm - 4:20 pm Break
4:20 pm – 5:30 pm:
Michael Keen, IMF, and Kai Konrad, Max Planck Institute,“International Tax Competition” - Presentation
Discussant: David Wildasin, Kentucky - Discussion
8:30 am – 10:50 am:
Raj Chetty, Harvard, and Amy Finkelstein, MIT,“Connecting Theory to Data in Analyzing Social Insurance” - Presentation
Discussant: Hilary Hoynes, UC Davis - Discussion
Tim Besley, LSE, and Torsten Persson, IIES,“Public Finance and Development” - Presentation
Discussant: Roger Gordon, UCSD - Discussion
10:50 pm – 11:20 am: Break
11:20 am – 12:30 pm:
Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics, and Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley, “Optimal Labor Income Taxation” - Presentation
Discussant: Joel Slemrod, Michigan - Discussion
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Break
Picture Gallery of Conference