Program : 2014-04-25

CIREQ Montreal Macroeconomics Conference

April 25-26, 2014

Hôtel Omni Mont-Royal, 1050 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal

Presentations : 50 minutes
Discussions : 20 minutes
Floor discussion : 5 minutes

Friday, April 25
13:00 – 13:30	Welcome and Registration
	*SESSION 1* – Chair : Baris KAYMAK (Université de Montréal, CIREQ)
13:30 – 14:45	Hans Fehr, Sabine Jokisch, Ashwin Kambhampati, Laurence KOTLIKOFF (Boston University)
	*Simulating the Elimination of the U.S. Corporate Income Tax*
	Discussant : Eva CARCELES-POVEDA (Stony Brook University)
14:45 – 15:10	Break
15:10 – 16:25	Karel MERTENS (Cornell University)
	*Marginal Tax Rates and Income : New Time Series Evidence*
	Discussant : Lorenz KUENG (Northwestern University)
16:25 – 16:45	Break
16:45 – 18:00	Fabian Kindermann (University of Wuerzburg), Dirk KRUEGER (University of Pennsylvania)
	*The Redistributive Benefits of Progressive Labor and Capital Income Taxation : How to Best Screw (or Not) the Top 1 %*
	Discussant : William PETERMAN (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
19:00	*Dinner (invitation only)*

Saturday, April 26
8:15 – 8:45	Light Continental Breakfast
	*SESSION 2* – Chair : Markus POSCHKE (McGill University, CIREQ)
8:45 – 10:00	Nezih Guner (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Martin Lopez-Daneri (Central Bank of Chile), Gustavo VENTURA (Arizona State University)
	*Heterogeneity and Government Revenues : Higher Taxes at the Top?*
	Discussant : Tatyana KORESHKOVA (Concordia University, CIREQ)
10:00 – 10:15	Break
10:15 – 11:30	Alejandro Badel (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), Mark HUGGETT (Georgetown University)
	*Taxing Top Earners : A Human Capital Perspective*
	Discussant : Juan Carlos CONESA (Stony Brook University)
11:30 – 11:45	Break
11:45 – 13:00	Vasia PANOUSI (Federal Reserve Board), Catarina Reis (Católica Lisbon – School of Business and Economics)
	*Optimal Capital Taxation with Idiosyncratic Investment Risk*
	Discussant : Omer ACIKGOZ (Yeshiva University)
13:15	Closing Lunch

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