Organizers:

Juan Contreras, Congressional Budget Office

Session Chairs:

Juan Contreras, Congressional Budget Office

Papers:

"Can Tax Rebates Stimulate Consumption Spending in a Life-Cycle Model?"
Jonathan Huntley, Congressional Budget Office (Contact Author)
Valentina Michelangeli, Congressional Budget Office

"Welfare Cost of Capital Taxation: An Asset Market Perspective"
Marika Santoro, Congressional Budget Office (Contact Author)
Chao Wei, The George Washington University

"Fiscal Multipliers in a Panel of Countries"
Juan Contreras, Congressional Budget Office (Contact Author)
Holly Battelle, Fulbright Fellow

Discussants:

Sanjay K Chugh , University of Maryland
John Sabelhaus, Federal Reserve Board
Andrea Raffo, Federal Reserve Board

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Organizers:

Quentin Wodon, The World Bank

Session Chairs:

Quentin Wodon, The World Bank

Papers:

"Zakat as a Social Safety Net in Yemen"
Mohamad Alloush, The World Bank (Contact Author)
Yvonne Ying, The World Bank
Quentin Wodon, The World Bank
Joana Silva, The World Bank

"The Effect of Religious Priming on Social Cooperation: Results from a Field Experiment in Ghana"
Juan Carlos Para Osorio, The World Bank (Contact Author)
George Joseph, World Bank
Quentin Wodon, The World Bank

"Education Robin Hood? Faith-Inspired Service Delivery in Africa"
Quentin Wodon, The World Bank (Contact Author)
Frank Adoho, The World Bank

Discussants:

TBA

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Papers:

"Measuring the Economic Impact of Intellectual Property Reliant Industries"
Brittany M. Bond, U.S. Department of Commerce (Contact Author)
Jocelyn C. Burston, U.S. Department of Commerce
David S. Langdon, U.S. Department of Commerce

"Non-Market Failures and Health Care Costs: Implications for Medicare Cost Savings in a Premium Support System"
Jackson Williams, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Contact Author)

"Further Model-Based Estimates of U.S. Total Manufacturing Production Capital and Technology, 1949-2005"
Peter A. Zadrozny, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Baoline Chen, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

"Industry-Level Implications of a Carbon Tax"
Tracy Foertsch, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Craig Johnson, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Ralph Rector, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Alexander Yuskavage, U.S. Department of the Treasury (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Richard Spivack, National Institute for Standards and Technology
Warren J. Prunella, Econometrica, Inc.
Michael Giandrea, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Peter A. Zadrozny, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Session Chairs:

Alexandra Tabova, Federal Reserve Board

Papers:

"Foreign Materials Inputs and U.S. Productivity Growth"
Leo Sveikauskas, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Michael Giandrea, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

"Foreign Direct Investment Relationship and Plant Exit: Evidence from the United States"
Marilyn Ibarra-Caton, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (Contact Author)

"Economic Benefits Associated with the Visa Waiver Program"
Xiaochu Hu, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Marilyn Ibarra-Caton, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Daniel Riera-Crichton, Bates College
Warren J. Prunella, Econometrica, Inc.

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Session Chairs:

Alexander Kapinos, The George Washington University

Papers:

"Estimating the Home Prices Gap?"
Mark Vitner, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (Contact Author)

"The Distributional Effects of a Recession on Tax Burdens: The Case of the District of Columbia 2007 to 2009"
Betty Alleyne, Government of the District of Columbia (Contact Author)
Daren A. Conrad, Bowie State University
Kelly Dinkins, Government of the District of Columbia
Daniel Muhammad, Government of the District of Columbia

"State Changes to the Personal Income Tax During the Great Recession: A Logistic Regression Analysis"
Jason Nicholas Juffras, Government of the District of Columbia (Contact Author)

"The Changing Causes and Consequences of Not Working Before Age 62"
Barbara A. Butrica, The Urban Institute
Nadia Karamcheva, The Urban Institute (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Randal Verbrugge, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Alexander Yuskavage, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Rebecca Chenevert, U.S. Census Bureau

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Session Chairs:

Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis

Papers:

"A Structural Economic Rationale for Accrual Accounting"
Gary W. Davis, Bureau of Economic Analysis (Contact Author)

"Intangible Assets in the GDP Statistics, A Case Study on Artistic Originals"
Rachel Soloveichik, Bureau of Economic Analysis (Contact Author)

"Sticky Rents"
Randal Verbrugge, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Joshua Gallin, Federal Reserve Board

"'I Don’t Remember': Effects of Recall Period on Reported Job Duration"
Rebecca Chenevert, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)
Renee Ellis, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussants:

Robert T. Sienkiewicz, National Institute for Standards and Technology
Ralph Rector, U.S. Department of the Treasury

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Session Chairs:

Vinod Sathyakeerthy Changarath, University of Cincinnati

Papers:

"So You Want to Price Your Road: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Federal Toll Road Policies"
Karen E. White, Federal Highway Administration (Contact Author)

"The Political Economy of TARP: A Public Opinion Approach"
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office (Contact Author)

"Does Economic Analysis Matter? Or Why Do Independent Regulatory Commissions Need More Than One Commissioner?"
Warren J. Prunella, Econometrica, Inc. (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Craig Johnson, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Jason Nicholas Juffras, Government of the District of Columbia
Baris Yoruk, The State University of New York at Albany
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office

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Organizers:

Steven Payson, Department of Interior

Session Chairs:

Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission

Papers:

"Small Business Owners’ Financial Health and Retirement Security"
Jules H. Lichtenstein, U.S. Small Business Administration (Contact Author)

"The Dynamics of Business Ownership"
Kristin Sandusky, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)

"Small Business Participation in the Advanced Technology Program’s Research Alliances"
Richard Spivack, National Institute for Standards and Technology (Contact Author)

"Skin in the Game: Does Increased Cost Sharing in Federally Funded Research Suggest Greater Commitment and an Increased Likelihood of Success?"
Stephen L. Campbell, National Institute for Standards and Technology (Contact Author)
Robert T. Sienkiewicz, National Institute for Standards and Technology

Discussants:

Nadia Karamcheva, The Urban Institute
Stephen L. Campbell, National Institute for Standards and Technology
Leo Sveikauskas, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Brittany M. Bond, U.S. Department of Commerce

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