National Bureau of Economic Research
Working Session on Dynamic Scoring
Martin Feldstein, Organizer

October 30, 2003
NBER 3rd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Program

Wednesday, October 29

7:30 p.m. Reception and Group Dinner (8:00)
The Royal Sonesta Hotel

Thursday, October 30

8:15 and 8:30 Shuttle van from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to 1050 Massachusetts Avenue

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Martin Feldstein, Harvard University and NBER
Overview of the Issues

Robert Carroll, Congressional Budget Office
Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Marginal Tax Rates

Joel Platt and Warren Hrung, U.S. Department of the Treasury
A Treasury Estimate of a 10% Cut in Tax Rates

Joint Tax Committee and Congressional Budget Office
Dynamic Scoring of a 10% Cut in Tax Rates    Tables from the CBO

Lunch

Background Papers:

Consumption, Labor Supply, and Savings in the MEG Model

Role of Joint Committee Microsimulation Models in Macroeconomic Model

Analyzing Tax Policy Changes Using a Stochastic OLG Model with Heterogeneous Housholds