2018 Conference: Tax Reform: Implications for Growth, Inequality, and Welfare
Nov. 9-10, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA
Papers presented at the 2018 Carnegie-Rochester-NYU conference explored the implications of corporate tax reform for entrepreneurial activity and investment, the impact of state tax exemption reform on the location choices of top earners, and the disparate impact of federal tax hikes across states. The papers presented at the conference will be published in the July 2019 issue of the Journal of Monetary Economics.
Conference Session 1
November 9, 2018
Chair: Christopher Sleet- Loss-Offset Provisions in the Corporate Tax Code and the Misallocation of Capital
Authors: Baris Kaymak and Immo Schott
Discussant: Venky Venkateswaran - Heads I Win, Tails You Loose: Asymmetric Taxes, Risk Taking and Innovation
Authors: James Albertus, Brent Glover, Oliver Levine
Discussant: Eva Carceles
Conference Session 2
November 9, 2018
Chair: Ali Shourideh- The Impact of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act on the Spatial Distribution of High Productivity Households
Authors: Daniele Coen-Pirani and Holger Sieg
Discussant: Rebecca Lessem - State Level Implications of Federal Tax Policies
Authors: Chang Liu and Noah Williams
Discussant: Karel Mertens
Conference Session 3
November 10, 2018
Chair: Laurence Ales- Reviving American Entrepreneurship? Tax Reform and Business Dynamism
Authors: Petr Sedlacek and Vincent Sterk
Discussant: Gian Luca Clementi - Taxation and the Life-Cycle of Firms
Authors: Andres Erosa and Beatrix Gonzalez
Discussant: Sebastian Dyrda