NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Tax Policy and the Economy
James Poterba, Organizer
November 4, 2003
National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC
PROGRAM
8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM SUSAN DYNARSKI, Harvard University and NBER
ANDREW SAMWICK, Dartmouth College and NBER
Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination?
A Case Study of the 529 and Coverdell Saving Incentives
MARK DOMS, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
WENDY DUNN, STEPHEN OLINER, and DANIEL SICHEL, Federal Reserve Board
How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates
9:45 AM Break
10:15 AM JOSEPH GYOURKO, University of Pennsylvania
TODD SINAI, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
The (Un)Changing Geographical Distribution of Housing Tax Benefits: 1980 to 2000
EMMANUEL SAEZ, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Reported Incomes and Marginal Tax Rates, 1960-2000:
Evidence and Policy Implications
11:30 AM Break
11:45 AM MIHIR DESAI, Harvard University and NBER
WILLIAM GENTRY, Williams College and NBER
The Character and Determinants of Corporate Capital Gains
12:30 PM Luncheon
Luncheon Speaker:
N. GREGORY MANKIW, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers and NBER
1:45 PM Adjourn
8/28/03