Past Conferences

	Seventh Norwegian-German Seminar on Public Economics CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 4 - 5 November 2011 Programme Go to Saturday programme

	Friday, 4 November 2011
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome and Introduction
	Pleanary Session 1 Political Economy Chair: Marko Koethenbuerger
09:15– 09:45	Political Representation and Fiscal Policy: A Casual or Causal Relationship? JON H. FIVA, Olle Folke and Rune Sørensen Discussant: Ronny Freier
09:45 - 10:15	Divided Government versus Incumbency Externality Effect Florian Ade and RONNY FREIER Discussant: Panu Poutvaara
10:15 - 10:45	Promises, Policies, and Pocketbook Voting Mikael Elinder, Henrik Jordahl and PANU POUTVAARA Discussant: Astrid Kunze
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
	Plenary Session 2: Optimal Public Policy Chair: Panu Poutvaara
11:15 - 11:45	Promotion Rat Races and Public Policy GEIR H. BJERTNÆS Discussant: Hans Henrik Sievertsen
11:45 – 12:15	The Consumption Value of Higher Education - Policy Implications Annette Alstadsæter and HANS HENRIK SIEVERTSEN Discussant: Bas Jacobs
12:15 – 12:45	Optimal Linear Commodity Taxation Under Optimal Non-Linear Income Taxation BAS JACOBS and Robin Boadway Discussant: Efraim Sadka
12:45 - 14 :00	Lunch
	Parallel Session 3a: Empirical Tax Policy Analysis: The Role of Ownership Chair: Marco Runkel
14:00 - 14:30	Capital Constraints, Intertemporal Tax Arbitrage and the Significance of Ownership Concentration ERIK FJÆRLI Discussant: Robert Krämer
14:30 - 15:00	Taxation and Capital Structure Choice: The Role of Ownership ROBERT KRÄMER Discussant: Janis Berzins
15:00 - 15:30	Ownership, Taxes and Dividends Annette Alstadsaeter, JANIS BERZINS, Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu Discussant: Erik Fjærli
	Parallel Session 3b: Theoretical Issues in Public Economics Chair: Bas Jacobs
14:00 - 14:30	Envy and Inequality Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado and NGO VAN LONG Discussant: Sjur Didrik Flåm
14:30 - 15:00	The Relationship between Public and Total Employment: The Importance of General Equilibrium Effects on Non-Labour Income ERLING HOLMØY Discussant: Ngo van Long
15:00 - 15:30	On Liability Insurance for Automobiles SJUR DIDRIK FLÅM and Elmar G. Wolfstetter Discussant: Erling Holmøy
15:30 - 16:00	Coffe Break

	Plenary Session 4
	Tax Competition Chair: Marco Runkel
16:00 - 16:30	Even Small Trade Costs Restore Efficiency in Tax Competition Johannes Becker and MARCO RUNKEL Discussant: Christian Bauer
16:30 - 17:00	Economic Integration and the Optimal Corporate Tax Structure with Heterogeneous Firms CHRISTIAN BAUER, Ronald B. Davis and Andreas Haufler Discussant: Marco Runkel
19:00	Conference Dinner


	Go to Saturday programme

Seventh Norwegian-German Seminar on Public Economics

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 4 - 5 November 2011

Programme

Go to Saturday programme

Friday, 4 November 2011

Pleanary Session 1 Political Economy Chair: Marko Koethenbuerger

Plenary Session 2: Optimal Public Policy Chair: Panu Poutvaara

Parallel Session 3a: Empirical Tax Policy Analysis: The Role of Ownership Chair: Marco Runkel

Parallel Session 3b: Theoretical Issues in Public Economics Chair: Bas Jacobs

Plenary Session 4

Tax Competition Chair: Marco Runkel

Go to Saturday programme

Seventh Norwegian-German Seminar
on Public Economics

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich
4 - 5 November 2011

Pleanary Session 1
Political Economy
Chair: Marko Koethenbuerger

Plenary Session 2: Optimal Public Policy
Chair: Panu Poutvaara

Parallel Session 3a: Empirical Tax Policy Analysis: The Role of Ownership
Chair: Marco Runkel

Parallel Session 3b: Theoretical Issues in Public Economics
Chair: Bas Jacobs

Tax Competition
Chair: Marco Runkel