Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy
Semi-annual Conference
Editors: Bennett
McCallum
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April 20-21, 2007
Simon School, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Carnegie-Rochester Conference Schedule
"Advances in Dynamic Public Finance"
April 20-21, 2007
8:00 pm-11:00 pm Welcome Reception, Hyatt Regency - refer to hotel monitor
7:45 am Bus transportation to campus
8:15-8:45 am Packet Retrieval and Breakfast
CONFERENCE SESSION I - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Bennett McCallum
8:45-10:00 am "Optimal Human Capital Policies"
by Radim Bohacek and Marek Kapicka
Discussant: Borys Grochulski
10:00-10:15 am Break
10:15-11:30 pm "Quantifying the Gains from Savings Distortions: The Role of Risk Aversion and Finite Lives"
by Emmanuel Farhi and Ivan Werning
Discussant: Fabrizio Perri
11:30-12:30 pm Luncheon – Schlegel Hall Rotunda
CONFERENCE SESSION II - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Charles Plosser
12:45-2:00 pm "Taxes and the Global Allocation of Capital"
by David Backus, Espen Henriksen and Kjetil Storesletten
Discussant: Peter Rupert
2:00-2:15 pm Break
2:15-3:30 pm "Altruism, Incomplete Markets and Tax Reform"
by Luisa Fuster, Ayse Imrohoroglu and Selo Imrohoroglu
Discussant: Árpád Abraham
3:30-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45-5:00 pm "Taxes, Benefits, Careers, and Markets"
by Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas Sargent
Discussant: José-Victor Ríos-Rull
5:15 pm Bus Transportation back to the Hyatt Regency
6:30 pm Bus departs Hyatt Regency for transportation to the Country Club of Rochester
6:45 pm Cocktails, Country Club of Rochester
7:30 pm
Dinner, Country Club of Rochester
9:30 pm Transportation back to the Hyatt Regency
8:00 am Bus transportation to campus
8:15-8:45 am Breakfast
CONFERENCE SESSION III - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Thomas Cooley
8:45-10:00 am "Politically Sustainable Social Insurance"
by Christopher Sleet and Sevin Yeltekin
Discussant: Marina Azzimonti
10:00-10:15 am Break
10:15-11:30 am "Markets Versus Governments: A Quantitative Evaluation"
by Daron Acemoglu, Mikhail Golosov and Aleh Tsyvinski
Discussants: Stefania Albanesi
11:30 am Lunch available in Schlegel Hall Rotunda.
As required Transportation to airport or hotel
Transportation will also be available for earlier or later flights if needed.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Bennett McCallum and Charles Plosser, Co-chairs: Andrew Abel, Mark Bils, Thomas Cooley, Janice Eberly, Marvin Goodfriend, Sergio Rebelo, Alan Stockman and Stanley Zin