5th Norwegian-German Seminar on Public Economics
Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
23 - 24 November 2007
Programme
Friday, 23 November 2007
Session 1: MNE-Empirical Analysis Chair: tba
Session 2: Taxation Chair: tba
Are Income and Consumption Taxes Ever Really Equivalent? Evidence from a Real-Effort Experiment TOMER BLUMKIN, Bradley J. Ruffle and Yosef Ganun Discussant: Ronnie Schöb
10:45-11:15
Subsidizing Extra Jobs: Promoting Employment by Taming the Unions Andreas Knabe and RONNIE SCHÖB Discussant: Tomer Blumkin
Session 3: Public Debt Chair: tba
Habit Formation, Strategic Extremism and Debt Policy Egil Matsen and ØYSTEIN THØGERSEN Discussant: Erling HolmØy
Fiscal Sustainability: Must the Problem be Diminished Before We Can See It? ERLING HØLMOY Discussant: Rolf Brunstad
Parallel Session 4a: Agglomeration Economies Chair: tba
Tax Competition with Agglomeration and Unemployment TOBIAS SEIDEL and Peter Egger Discussant: Guttorm Schjelderup
The Relation Between Mobility, Human Capital Formation, and Agglomeration ALEXANDER HAUPT and Silke Uebelmesser Discussant: Tobias Seidel
Parallel Session 4b: Local Public Finance Chair: tba
Does the Housing Market React to New Information on School Quality? John H. Fiva and Lars J. KIRKEBØEN Discussant: Johannes Rincke
Tax and Public Input Competition - Evidence from Germany Sebastian Hauptmeier and JOHANNES RINCKE Discussant: Lars J. KirkebØen
Parallel Session 5a: Intergenerational Policy Chair: tba
Educational Federalism and the Quality Effects of Tuition Fees ALEXANDER KEMNITZ Discussant: Lars-Erik Borge
Young and Old Competing for Public Welfare Services LARS-ERIK BORGE and Jorn RattsØ Discussant: Alexander Kemnitz
Parallel Session 5b: Social Policy and Globalisation Chair: Marko Koethenbuerger
The Role of Immigration in Sustaining the Social Security System: A Political Economy Approach EDITH SAND and Assaf Razin Discussant: Andreas Wagener
The Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as an Evolutionary Game Ana B. Ania and ANDREAS WAGENER Discussant: Edith Sand
Conference Dinner
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Session 6: Education - Empirical Analysis Chair: tba
The Effects of School Choice on Academic Achievement in the Netherlands OLIVER HIMMLER Discussant: K. LØken
Family Income and Children's Education: Using the Norwegian Oil Boom as a Natural Experiment KATERINE LØKEN Discussant: Oliver Himmler
Session 7: Social Security Design Chair: tba
The Portfolio Choice Approach to Social Security Design: An Investigation of Alternative Mechanisms KINE D. BØLHERENGEN and Øystein ThØgersen Discussant: H. Fehr
Private Retirement Savings: The Structure of Tax Incentives and Annuitization HANS FEHR and Christian Habermann Discussant: Øystein ThØgersen
Session 8: Growth and Public Policy Chair: tba
Fiscal Competition in Space and Time: An Endogenous-Growth Approach Daniel Becker and MICHAEL RAUSCHER Discussant: Rainald Borck
Federalism, Fertility, and Growth RAINALD BORCK Discussant: Michael Rauscher
Session 9: Tax Competition Chair: tba
Discriminatory Indirect Taxation and Cross-Border Shopping SEBASTIAN G. KESSING Discussant: Marco Runkel
The Choice of Apportionment Factors Under Formula Apportionment MARCO RUNKEL and Guttorm Schjelderup Discussant: S. Kessing
Session 10: Public Policy Issues Chair: tba
Insuring Educational Risk: Opportunities Versus Income DIRK SCHINDLER and Benjamin Weigert Discussant: Alexander Haupt
Optimal Policy and PSE Measurements: An Assessment and Application to Norway ROLF BRUNSTAD, Ivar Gaasland and Erling Vårdal Discussant: Dirk Schindler
End of Conference
