Tulane Tax Roundtable 2016
Co-sponsored by Tulane’s Murphy Institute and Tulane Law School
Event Description
8:45 am – 9:30 am
Presenter: James Alm (Tulane Economics)
Evaluating the Economic Effects of Flat Tax Reforms Using Synthetic Control Methods
(with Bibek Adhikari)
Discussant: Brian Galle (Georgetown)
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Presenter: Leigh Osofsky (Miami)
Simplexity and the Tax Law
(with Joshua Blank)
Discussant: Lawrence Zelenak (Duke)
10: 15 – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am – 11:15 am
Presenter: Stephen Shay (Harvard)
R&D Tax Incentives – Growth Panacea or Budget Trojan Horse?
Discussant: Leigh Osofsky (Miami)
11:15 am – 12 noon
Presenter: Darien Shanske (UC Davis)
Tax Cannibalization and Fiscal Federalism in the United States
Discussant: Steve Sheffrin (Tulane Economics)
12 noon – 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Presenter: Lawrence Zelenak (Duke)
The Tax-Free Basis Step-Up at Death, the Charitable Deduction for Unrealized Appreciation, and the Persistence of Error Discussant: Marjorie Kornhauser (Tulane Law)
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Presenter: Emily Satterthwaite (Toronto)
Can Audits Encourage Tax Evasion? An Experimental Assessment
Discussant: Stephen Shay (Harvard)
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Presenter: Brian Galle (Georgetown)
Policy Design for Paternalistic Regulation
Discussant: Darien Shanske (UC Davis)
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Presenter: Shu-Yi Oei (Tulane Law)
The Tax Lives of Uber Drivers: Evidence from Internet Discussion Forums
Discussant: Emily Satterthwaite (Toronto)
