A Case for Taxing Education TOMER BLUMKIN (Ben-Gurion University) and Efraim Sadka (Tel Aviv University)
Discussant: Marko Köthenbürger
The pluralism of fairness ideals: An experimental approach Alexander W. Cappelen (University of Oslo), Astri D. Hole (Bergen University College), ERIK Ø. SØRENSEN (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration) and Bertil Tungodden (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
Discussant: Lars P. Feld
Session 2: Taxation and FDI Chair: Guttorm Schjelderup
Discussant: Dirk Schindler
Discussant: Torberg Falch
Policy Innovation in Federal Systems Christos Kotsogiannis (University of Exeter) and ROBERT SCHWAGER (University of Göttingen)
Discussant: Sebastian Kessing
Fiscal Federalism and Economic Growth: Cross-Country Evidence for OECD Countries LARS P. FELD (Philipps-University Marburg) and Tarik Dede (Philipps-University Marburg)
Discussant: Lars-Erik Borge
Coffee Break
Session 4: The Welfare State Chair: Marko Koethenbuerger
Risk sharing and efficiency implications of progressive pension arrangements HANS FEHR (University of Würzburg) and Christian Habermann (University of Würzburg)
Discussant: Bernd Süssmuth
Concerns for equity and the optimal co-payments for publicly provided health care MICHAEL HOEL (University of Oslo)
Discussant: Silke Übelmesser
Conference Dinner
Session 5A: Federalism and the Welfare State (Main Conference Room) Chair: Alfons Weichenrieder
Discussant: Marco Runkel
Fiscal Decentralization, Interjurisdictional Competition and Welfare Spending JON HERNES FIVA (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Discussant: Robert Schwager
Discussant: Tomer Blumkin
Income taxation, tuition subsidies, and choice of occupation: implications for production efficiency GEIR HAAKON BJERTNÆS (Statistics Norway)
Discussant: Justina Fischer
Interregional Redistribution and Budget Institutions under Asymmetric Information Bernd Huber (University of Munich) and MARKO RUNKEL (University of Munich)
Discussant: Andreas Haufler
Discussant: Michael Hoel
Company Tax Reform in Europe and its Effect on Collusive Behavior DIRK SCHINDLER (University of Konstanz) and Guttorm Schjelderup (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
Discussant: Egil Matsen
How Fiscal Decentralization Flattens Progressive Taxes ROLAND HODLER (University of Bern) and Kurt Schmidheiny (Tufts University)
Discussant: Annette Alstadsæter
Tax Effects on Unemployment and the Choice of Educational Type ANNETTE ALSTADSÆTHER (Statistics Norway), Ann-Sofie Kolm (Stockholm University) and Birthe Larsen (Copenhagen Business School)
Discussant: Pascalis Raimondos-Moller
Do Institutions of Direct Democracy Tame the Leviathan? Swiss Evidence on the Structure of Expenditures for Public Education JUSTINA A.V. FISCHER (University of St. Gallen)
Discussant: tba
Efficiency potential and efficiency variation in Norwegian lower secondary schools LARS-ERIK BORGE (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Linn Renée Naper (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Discussant: Alfons Weichenrieder
Discussant: Jon Hernes Fiva
Wage Bargaining and Political Strength in the Public Sector TORBERG FALCH (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Bjarne Strøm (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Savers, Spenders and Fiscal Policy in a Small Open Economy EGIL MATSEN (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Tommy Sveen (Central Bank of Norway) and Ragnar Torvik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Discussant: Alexander Haupt
Discussant: Geir Bjertnaes
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