Federal Fiscal & Tax Policy
Updating the IRS Spotlight: Tracking a weakened agency
On Friday, October 18, the Tax Policy Center at Brookings hosted a conference to celebrate and recognize new doctoral research in tax policy and public finance. Promising, policy-relevant job market papers were presented to economists and policy-oriented professionals in Washington to help forge lasting relationships between the DC policy and the academic communities at the start of new academic careers.
The papers are available below.
Agenda
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October 18
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Self-targeting in US transfer programs
Evan Soltas Postdoctoral fellow - Microsoft Research NYC -
Optimal unemployment insurance financing: Theory and evidence from two US states
Sara Spaziani Assistant Professor of Economics - University of Warwick -
Insurance versus moral hazard in income-contingent student loan repayment
Tim de Silva Postdoctoral Fellow - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) -
Are tax benefits priced into home values? Evidence from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Emily Horton Financial economist - U.S. Department of the Treasury -
Raising revenue and the marginal value of public funds
Ben Sprung-Keyser Assistant professor, Business Economics and Public Policy (BEPP) group - Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania -
How economists could help inform economic and budget analysis used by the US Congress
Julie Topoleski Director of Labor, Income Security, and Long-Term Analysis - Congressional Budget Office
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