NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Universities Research Conference

Behavioral Responses to Taxation and Social Insurance Programs

December 8-9, 2006

Raj Chetty and Emmanuel Saez, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Parkview Room

40 Edwin H. Land, Blvd.

Cambridge, MA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006:
8:15 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	ANTON KORINEK, Columbia University
	JOSEPH STIGLITZ, Columbia University and NBER
	Dividend Taxation and Intertemporal Tax Arbitrage
	Discussant: JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER
10:10 am	Break
10:40 am	JOHN WILSON, Michigan State University
	Tax Competition with Parasitic Tax Havens
	(Joint with JOEL SLEMROD)
	Discussant: JAMES HINES, University of Michigan and NBER
11:50 pm	Lunch
1:10 pm	JENNIFER HUANG, University of Texas at Austin
	The Tradeoff between Mortgage Prepayments and Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings
	(Joint with GENE AMROMIN and CLEMENS SIALM)
	Discussant: BRIGITTE MADRIAN, Harvard University and NBER
2:20 pm	Break
2:40 pm	NICOLE MAESTAS, RAND Corporation
	Medical Expenditure Risk and Household Portfolio Choice
	(Joint with DANA GOLDMAN)
	Discussant: AMY FINKELSTEIN, MIT and NBER
3:50 pm	JAMES ZILIAK, University of Kentucky
	Taxes, Transfers, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers
	Discussant: BRADLEY HEIM, Department of the Treasury
5:00 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Group Dinner
	Royal Sonesta Hotel – Rooms University B and C
	Dinner Speaker: ROGER GORDON, UC, San Diego and NBER
	Taxation in Developing Economies
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2006:
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	ANIL KUMAR, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
	Employer Matching and 401(k) Saving: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
	(Joint with GARY ENGELHARDT)
	Discussant: JOHN KARL SCHOLZ, University of Wisconsin–Madison and NBER
9:40 am	Break
10:10 am	ADAM LOONEY, Federal Reserve Board
	Trading Tax Benefits for Child Support
	Discussant: MELISSA KEARNEY, The Brookings Institution and NBER
11:20 am	DEAN KARLAN, Yale University
	Does Price Matter in Charitable Giving? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment
	(Joint with JOHN LIST)
	Discussant: LISE VESTERLUND, University of Pittsburgh
12:30 pm	Adjourn
12/4/2006