FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2001
8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue
8:15 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue
8:15 AM Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM LEORA FRIEDBERG, University of Virginia and NBER
ANTHONY WEBB, UC, San Diego
The Impact of 401(k) Plans on Retirement
Discussant: ANDREW SAMWICK, Dartmouth and NBER
10:00 AM DOUGLAS SHACKLEFORD, University of North Carolina and NBER
(Joint with Mark Lang and Edward Maydew)
Bringing Down the Other Berlin Wall: Germany's Repeal of the
Corporate Capital Gains Tax
Discussant: WILLIAM GENTRY, Columbia University and NBER
11:15 AM Break
11:45 AM DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN, Syracuse University and NBER
(Joint with Donald Marples)
Distortion Costs of Taxing Wealth Accumulation:
Income versus Estate Taxes
Discussant: WILLIAM GALE, Brookings Institution
1:00 PM Lunch
1:45 PM ANTONIO RANGEL, Stanford University and NBER
(Joint with B. Douglas Bernheim)
A Theory of Legislative Policy-Making: Part 1, Basic Institutions
Discussant: STEPHEN COATE, Cornell University and NBER
3:00 PM Adjourn
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