Tulane Tax Roundtable 2017

8:15 – 8:45 am
Breakfast

8:45 am – 9:30 am
Lily Batchelder (NYU)
Accounting for Behavioral Considerations in Business Tax Reform: The Case of Expensing
Discussant: Steve Sheffrin (Tulane)

9:30 am – 10:15 am
Daniel Hemel (Chicago)
The Federalist Safeguards of Progressive Taxation
Discussant: Lily Faulhaber (Georgetown)

10:15 – 10:30 am
Break

10:30 am – 11:15 am
Michael Knoll (Penn)
What is Tax Discrimination and How Can It Be Prevented? A Simple Solution to a Complex Problem (with Ruth Mason)
Discussant: Shu-Yi Oei (Tulane)

11:15 am – 12 noon
Steve Sheffrin (Tulane)
Personal and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Corporations are not Always the Villains (with Rujun Zhao)
Discussant: Jacob Goldin (Stanford)

12 noon – 1:30 pm
Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Jacob Goldin (Stanford)
Tax Preparation and Take-Up of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Discussant: Kathleen DeLaney Thomas (UNC)

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Lily Faulhaber (Georgetown)
The Trouble with Tax Competition: From Practice to Theory
Discussant: Michael Knoll (Penn)

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Break

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Kathleen DeLaney Thomas (UNC)
Taxing the Gig Economy
Discussant: Daniel Hemel (Chicago)

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Shu-Yi Oei (Tulane Law)
Leak-Driven Law (with Diane Ring)
Discussant: Lily Batchelder (NYU)