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Cowles Foundation for
Research in Economics
ADVANCES IN DYNAMIC PUBLIC FINANCE
June 7–8, 2010
Conference Location: Yale SOM, Watson Center, 60 Sachem Street, Room A-53
Organizers: Larry Jones and Aleh Tsyvinski |
| MONDAY |
8:00–9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00–9:40 |
Marek Kapicka (UC - Santa Barbara),
"Consumption Risk Sharing under Private Information when Earnings Are
Persistent" |
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9:40–9:55 |
DISCUSSANT: Nicola Pavoni (University
College London) |
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9:55–10:35 |
Maxim Troshkin (University of Minnesota),
"Optimal Dynamic Taxes" (with M. Golosov and A. Tsyvinski) |
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10:35–10:50 |
DISCUSSANT: Nancy Stokey (University of
Chicago) |
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10:50–11:05 |
Coffee Break |
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11:05–11:45 |
Matthew Weinzierl (Harvard University),
"Optimal Tax When Children’s
Abilities Depend on Parents’ Resources" (with Alexander Gelber) |
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11:45–12:00 |
DISCUSSANT: Robert Lucas (University of
Chicago) |
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12:00–1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00–1:40 |
Dirk Krueger (University of Pennsylvania),
"Public Versus Private Risk Sharing" (with F. Perri) |
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1:40–1:55 |
DISCUSSANT: Fatih Guvenen (University of
Minnesota) |
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1:55–2:35 |
Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard University),
"Insurance and Taxation over the Life-Cycle" (with I. Werning) |
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2:35–2:50 |
DISCUSSANT: Roc Armenter (Federal Reserve
Bank of Philadelphia) |
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2:50–3:05 |
Coffee Break |
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3:05–3:45 |
Kenichi Fukushima (University of
Minnesota), "Quantifying the Welfare Gains from Flexible Dynamic Income Tax
Systems" |
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3:45–4:00 |
DISCUSSANT: Mark Huggett (Georgetown
University) |
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4:00–4:40 |
Florian Scheuer (MIT), "Competitive
Markets without Commitment" (with N. Netzer) |
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4:40–4:55 |
DISCUSSANT: Chris Phelan (University of
Minnesota) |
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7:00 |
Dinner, Barcelona, 155 Temple Street, New
Haven |
| TUESDAY |
8:00–9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
|
9:00–9:40 |
Nicola Pavoni (University College London),
"Optimal Welfare Programs with Search, Work, and Training" (with G. Violante and
O. Setty) |
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9:40–9:55 |
DISCUSSANT: Pricila Maziero (University of
Pennsylvania) |
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9:55–10:35 |
Laurence Ales (Carnegie Mellon University),
"Non-exclusive Dynamic Contracts, Competition, and the Limits of Insurance (with P.
Maziero) |
|
10:35–10:50 |
DISCUSSANT: Mark Aguiar (University of
Rochester) |
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10:50–11:05 |
Coffee Break |
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11:05–11:45 |
Thomas Mertens (New York University),
"Fraud Deterrence in Dynamic Mirrleesian Economies" (with R. Armenter) |
|
11:45–12:00 |
DISCUSSANT: Marco Bassetto (Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago) |
|
12:00–1:00 |
Lunch |
|
1:00–1:40 |
Marco Battaglini (Princeton University),
"Dynamic Electoral Competition and Constitutional Design" |
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1:40–1:55 |
DISCUSSANT: Konstantin Sonin (New Economic
School) |
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1:55–2:35 |
Chris Sleet (Carnegie Mellon University),
"Recursive Methods for Incentive Problems" (with S. Yeltekin) |
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2:35–2:50 |
DISCUSSANT: Yuzhe Zhang (University of
Iowa) |
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2:50–3:05 |
Coffee Break |
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3:05–3:45 |
Ivan Werning (MIT), " Nonlinear
Capital Taxation" |
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3:45–4:00 |
DISCUSSANT: V.V. Chari (University of
Minnesota) |
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4:00–4:40 |
Ali Shourideh (University of Minnesota),
"Risk
Sharing, Inequality, and Fertility" (with R. Hosseini and L. Jones) |
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4:40–4:55 |
DISCUSSANT: Greg Kaplan (Federal Reserve
Bank of Minneapolis and University of Pennsylvania) |