NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Tax Policy and the Economy

James Poterba, Organizer

October 30, 2001

National Press Club

529 14^th Street, NW

Washington, DC

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:55 AM Opening Remarks

JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER

9:00 AM ROBERT MOFFITT, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

The Economic Effects of Means Tested Transfer Programs

9:25 AM JAMES CHOI, Harvard University

DAVID LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER

BRIGITTE MADRIAN, University of Chicago and NBER

ANDREW METRICK, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Defined Contribution Pensions:

Plan Rules, Participant Decisions and the Path of Least Resistance

9:55 AM Break

10:15 AM JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER

Tax Policy and Health Insurance

10:40 AM CHARLES MCLURE, Stanford University and NBER

Thinking Straight About the Taxation of Electronic Commerce:

Tax Principles, Administrative Problems, and Political Considerations

11:10 AM Break

11:30 AM RYAN EDWARDS, UC, Berkeley

RONALD LEE, UC, Berkeley

The Fiscal Impact of Population Aging in the United States:

Assessing the Uncertainties

11:55 AM MARTIN FELDSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER

ANDREW SAMWICK, Dartmouth College and NBER

Potential Paths of Social Security Reform

12:30 PM Luncheon

Speaker: R. GLENN HUBBARD, Council of Economic Advisers

2:15 PM Adjourn

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