Subject: PE Program Meeting April 5-6
From: James Poterba (poterba@MIT.EDU)
Date: Sat Feb 24 2001 - 12:57:17 EST
Dear Program Members -
I am writing to follow up on the invitation memo that you should have
received from the NBER conference department yesterday, concerning the
Public Economics program activities on April 5 and 6. The memo and the
attached program may have been confusing, so let me reiterate the plan.
On Friday, April 6, there will be a regular meeting of the Public
Economics program. The schedule of presentations includes work by Leora
Friedberg, Doug Shackelford, Doug Holtz-Eakin, and Antonio Rangel. As we
usually do with two-day PE program meetings, the activities will adjourn at
3:00pm.
The unusual thing about the April meeting is the plan for Thursday.
Usually, we begin the PE program meetings at 1:00 on Thursday, and hear
several papers in the afternoon. On Thursday April 5, we will be meeting
jointly with the NBER Program on the Well Being of Children. That group
will be meeting ALL DAY on Thursday, and ALL PE program members are welcome
to attend the entire day's activities. The afternoon presentations at that
meeting include work by PE program members Chris Taber and Anne Case; in
this way we've just double-counted the Thursday afternoon part of the PE
meeting. There will be a group dinner on Thursday evening to which
everyone in the Public Economics AND the Well Being of Children Program is
invited.
Because a number of members of the PE program are working on issues
that involve public policy toward children, Jon Gruber and I thought that
there would be substantial synergy to coordinating these two meetings. I
hope that you find the Thursday meeting of interest, and that even if you
choose not to attend the Thursday sessions, you will still be able to take
part in the Friday meeting.
I hope that this clarifies the plan for April, and look forward to
seeing you in Cambridge! All best wishes.
Jim Poterba
