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Workshop on “Redistributive Taxation: Optimal Design and Political Economy Forces”
Date:
Mar 04, 2021
Time:
14:30
- Mar 05, 2021
Time:
18:00
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Thursday , Friday )
Workshop on “Redistributive Taxation: Optimal Design and Political Economy Forces”
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The Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute and the ZEW Mannheim cordially invite interested researchers and students to register for the workshop “Redistributive Taxation: Optimal Design and Political Economy Forces”. The workshop brings together high-level researchers who study the design of redistributive tax systems from a normative or from a political economy perspective. Eight international speakers will present both theoretical and empirical work. The workshop is of interest for researchers in the field of public finance and political economy and takes place online. Date & time: 4th and 5th of March, 14:30 – 18:00 h CET Registration is now open. Please note, that you have to register for both days. You will receive one link for each day.
Current programme: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 | 14:30 – 15:15 | Economic Shocks and Populism: The Political Implications of Reference-Dependent Preferences Nicola Pavoni, Bocconi University (with Fausto Panunzi and Guido Tabellini) Discussant: Mattias Polborn, Vanderbilt University | 15:15 – 16:00 | Yellowvests, Carbontaxaversion and Biasbeliefs Thomas Douenne, Paris School of Economics (with Adrien Fabre) Discussant: Pierre Boyer, École Polytechnique | 16:30 – 17:15 | Austerity and Distributional Policy
Zareh Asatryan, ZEW Mannheim (with Matteo Alpino, Sebastian Blesse and Nils Wehrhöfer) Discussant: Ulrich Glogowski, University of Linz | 17:15 – 18:00 | Taxation of High-Powered Entrepreneurship Florian Scheuer, Univerisity of Zurich (with Eduardo Azevedo and Kent Smetters) Discussant: Emanuel Hansen, University of Cologne | Friday, March 5th, 2021 | 14:30 – 15:15 | How Should Tax Progressivity Respond to Rising Income Inequality? Kjetil Storesletten, University of Oslo (with Jonathan Heathcote and Giovanni L. Violante) Discussant: Felix Bierbrauer, University of Cologne | 15:15 – 16:00 | The Electoral Impact of Wealth Redistribution: Evidence from the Italian Land Reform Miriam Venturini, UZH (with Bruno Caprettini and Lorenzo Casaburi) Discussant: Toke Aidt, University of Cambridge | 16:30 – 17:15 | The Distributional Preferences of Americans Silvia Vannutell, Boston University (with Raymond Fisman, Pamela Jakiela and Shachar Kariv) Discussant: Andreas Peichl, LMU and ifo |
17:15 – 18:00 | Taxes and Turnout Nicolas D. Werquin, Toulouse School of Economics (with Felix Bierbrauer and Aleh Tsyvinski) Discussant: Floris Zoutman, Norwegian School of Economics | | |
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Econ Tribute
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