Program : 2014-04-25

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