NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Mark Duggan and Steven Levitt, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6:
8:15 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
Chair: JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER
8:45 AM BRIAN JACOB, Harvard University and NBER
LARS LEFGREN, Brigham Young University
Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime
Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER
9:55 AM INGRID GOULD ELLEN, AMY SCHWARTZ and IOAN VOICU
New York University
Estimating the External Effects of Subsidized Housing Investment on Property Values
Discussant: JEFFREY LIEBMAN, Harvard University and NBER
11:05 AM Break
11:20 AM PRICE FISHBACK, University of Arizona and NBER
WILLIAM HORACE, Syracuse University and NBER
SHAWN KANTOR, University of Arizona and NBER
Federal Programs in Times of Crisis:
The Impact of the New Deal on Local Economies During the Great Depression
Discussant: ROBERT MARGO, Vanderbilt University and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch
Chair: JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER
1:30 PM BARRY GOODWIN, Ohio State University
FRANCOIS ORTALO-MAGNE, University of Wisconsin-Madison
ASHOK MISHRA, USDA Economic Research Service
Landowners' Riches: The Distribution of Agricultural Subsidies
Discussant: ERZO LUTTMER, Harvard University
2:40 PM NORA GORDON, UC, San Diego
Do Federal Grants Boost School Spending? Evidence from Title I
Discussant: ROBERT INMAN, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
3:50 PM Break
4:05 PM WILLIAM EVANS, University of Maryland and NBER
PING ZHANG, University of Maryland
The Impact of Earmarked Lottery Revenue on State Educational Expenditures
Discussant: PATRICK BAYER, Yale University
5:15 PM Adjourn
6:30PM Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel
Speaker: DAVID ELLWOOD, Harvard University and NBER
When Public Finance Meets the Real World
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Chair: STEVEN LEVITT, University of Chicago and NBER
9:00 AM LEEMORE DAFNY, Northwestern University
How Do Hospitals Respond to Price Changes
Discussant: JOSEPH DOYLE, MIT
10:10 AM Break
10:25 AM SEBASTIAN GALIANI, Universidad de San Andres PAUL GERTLER, UC, Berkeley and NBER ERNESTO SCHARGRODSKY, Universidad Torcuato di Tella The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality Discussant: ROHINI PANDE, Columbia University
11:35 AM Adjourn
12/3/02