110th Annual Conference Program at a Glance

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Thursday, November 9

8:30-10:00 am	Concurrent Sessions Issues in State and Local Public Finance Unintended Consequences of Tax-Benefit Systems Tax Enforcement Third-Party Reporting in Developing Countries Redistribution Public Policy and Retirement Profit Shifting Taxes and Business Executives Welfare and Labor Market Participation Infrastructure
10:00-10:15 am	Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 am	Concurrent Sessions Housing Values, Property Taxes, and Implications for Household and Municipal Finances A New Look at State and Local Government Finances Tax Avoidance, Evasion and Income Sheltering in Individual Taxation Tax Expenditures Public Employee Retirement Programs International Tax Relations and Differences in Tax Policy Business Tax Regimes and Income Inequality Corrective Taxation for Behavioral Agents Taxation of Individuals in Developing Countries Optimal Tax I
12:00-1:30 pm	Luncheon Speaker: Amy Finkelstein, John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, MIT and co-Scientific Director, J-PAL North America. “Subsidizing Health Insurance for Low Income Adults: What Does it Do and What Does That Mean?” Presentation of Awards: Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Government Finance and Taxation
1:45-3:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions State and Local Sales Tax Policy Effects Business Taxes Across Borders Child Related Tax Benefits Sales Taxes and VATS The State of Healthcare Reform Policy Determinants of College Attendance and Labor Market Success Market Effects of Corporate Taxation Optimal Tax II Fungibility, Hassles, and Ordeals in Social Insurance Programs Laboratory Experiments on Charity and Public Goods
3:15-3:45 pm	Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions Public Policy in European Regions Administration and Cooperation Pensions and School Finance Finance and Business Taxes Education Finance and Student Achievement Taxes and Location Decisions Tax Competition and Location Choice Tax Reform in Theory and in Practice The Efficacy of State and Local Fiscal Policy in Promoting Economic Growth Asset Decumulation in Retirement
5:15-6:15 pm	Annual Meeting of the National Tax Association
6:15 – 7:30 pm	Reception

Friday, November 10

7:30-8:30 am	Graduate Student Breakfast
8:30-10:00 am	Concurrent Sessions Economic Effects of Labor Market Regulations Tax Incentives and Charitable Giving Behavioral Political Economy Energy and Environmental Tax Incidence Taxing the Future Measuring Tax Avoidance and its Real Effects Equity Markets and Taxes Optimal Tax III Investment and Capital Boundaries, Taxes, and Pricing
10:00-10:15 am	Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 pm	General Session Panel Discussion: The State of Tax Reform Panelists: Alan Auerbach, Jason Furman, Glenn Hubbard and Kent Smetters
12:00-1:30 pm	Luncheon Speaker: Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University, Former Secretary of the Treasury Presentation of Awards: National Tax Journal Referees of the Year Award National Tax Journal Richard Musgrave Prize
1:45-3:15 pm	Concurrent Sessions Local Political Economy Financial Reporting for Taxes Technology and Public Finance Local Taxes and Boundaries Offshore Tax Evasion Non-Standard Responses to Taxation: Tax Salience and Tax Morale Optimal Tax IV Unemployment and Disability Insurance: Evidence from Administrative Data Inequality NTA Next Generation
3:15-3:45 pm	Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 pm	General Session In Honor of James R. Hines Jr., Richard A. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Economics and L. Hart Wright Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan, 2017 Holland Award Recipient Moderator: Rosanne Altshuler Panelists: Alan Auerbach, Mihir Desai, James Poterba, and Joel Slemrod
5:15-6:15 pm	Graduate Student Poster Session
5:15-6:30 pm	Reception in honor of James R. Hines Jr., 2017 Holland Award Recipient

Saturday, November 11

8:30-10:00 am	Concurrent Sessions Tax Planning Consequences Affordable Housing Policy Public Finance Applications of Dynamic Models Tax Policy and Health Analyses of Labor Supply Using Administrative Data Transfer Programs Capital Gains and Wealth Taxation Social Security and Household Finance Supply Effects of Food Policy Programs Cash Flow Taxation
10:00-10:15 am	Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 am	Concurrent Sessions Health Insurance Much Ado About Bunching Third-Party Reporting in High Income Countries Taxation of Firms Tax Law and Finance Economic Effects of Local Subsidies Defined Contribution Plan Accumulation Behavior The Importance of Business Tax Credits, Deductions, and Asymmetries Macroeconomic Effects of Sufficient Statistics Business Taxes and the Real Economy
12:00 pm	Lunch (Attendee’s choice — Conference does not provide lunch)
1:00-2:30 pm	Short Course: Recent Research in Housing Markets and Local Public Finance Presenter: Fernando Ferreira, Associate Professor of Real Estate and Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Sponsored by the University of Michigan Office of Tax Policy Research