NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.



Public Economics Program Meeting

James M. Poterba, Organizer



April 6, 2001

NBER Offices

3rd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts



PROGRAM



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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