for Spring 2008

Horizontal Equity and the Choice of Tax Base
Peter Diamond (MIT)
February 11, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376

Measuring Illegal Activity and the Effects of Regulatory Innovation: A Study of Diesel Fuel Tax Evasion
Erich Muehlegger (Harvard)
February 25, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376

On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change
Martin Weitzman (Harvard)
March 03, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376

Wealth and the Decline of Liberal Idealism: Causal Evidence of the Impact of Income on Support for Redistribution and Other Liberal Proposals
Ebonya Washington (Yale)
March 10, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376

How Price Elastic is the Decision to Attend Private School? Evidence from Catholic Schools and Implications for Voucher Policy
Susan Dynarski (Harvard)
March 17, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376

On Optimal Pension Policy with Stochastic Fertility
Alexander Ludwig (Mannheim)
April 07, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376

Beyond Revealed Preference: Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Economics
Doug Bernheim (Stanford & Princeton)
April 14, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376

The Political Economy of Nonlinear Capital Taxation
Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard)
April 28, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376

Peer Effects, Pupil Teacher Ratios, and Teacher Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
Esther Duflo (MIT)
May 05, 2008
4:00pm - 5:30pm
E51-376