THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7:

12:00 N Lunch

1:00 PM AUSTAN GOOLSBEE and JONATHAN GURYAN , University of

Chicago and NBER

The Impact of Internet Subsidies in Public Schools

Discussant: DAVID FIGLIO, University of Florida and NBER

2:15 PM HOLGER SIEG and DENNIS EPPLE, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

Mission, Tuition, and Financial Aid Policies in the Market

for Higher Education

(Joint with Richard Romano)

Discussant: PATRICK BAYER, Yale University

3: 30 PM Break

4:00 PM PETER DIAMOND, MIT and NBER

Optimal Tax Treatment of Private Contributions for Public Goods

with and without Warm Glow Preferences

Discussant: LOUIS KAPLOW, Harvard University and NBER

5:15 PM Adjourn

6:00 PM Dinner

Harvard Faculty Club

20 Quincy Street

Cambridge, MA

Dinner Speaker: NICHOLAS STERN, The World Bank

9:00 PM Shuttle Van Departs Harvard Faculty Club for the Royal Sonesta Hotel.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8:

7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM WILLIAM NORDHAUS, Yale University and NBER

After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming

Discussant: EMMANUEL SAEZ, UC, Berkeley and NBER

9:45 AM ESTHER DUFLO, MIT and NBER

EMMANUEL SAEZ, UC, Berkeley and NBER

The Role of Information and Social Interactions in Retirement Plan Decisions:

Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Discussant: BRIGITTE MADRIAN, University of Chicago and NBER

11:00 AM Break

11:30 AM PATRIC HENDERSHOTT, Aberdeen University Business School and NBER

Household Leverage and the Deductibility of Home Mortgage Interest:

Evidence from U.K. House Borrowers

(Joint with Gwilym Pryce and Michael White)

Discussant: TODD SINAI, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

12:45 PM Lunch

1:30 PM KATE BAICKER, Dartmouth College and NBER

The Budgetary Repercussions of Capital Convictions

Discussant: ARIK LEVINSON, Georgetown University and NBER

2:45 PM Adjourn

10/29/02