Past Conferences


	Area Conference on Public Sector Economics CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 9-11 April 2010 Programme Go to Saturday and Sunday programme
	Friday, 9 April 2010
09:50 - 10:00	Welcome and Introduction RICK VAN DER PLOEG (University of Oxford)
	Parallel Session 1a Political Economics I Chair: Rainald Borck
10:00 - 10:40	The Political Economy of the (weak) Enforcement of Sales Tax Martin Besfamille, PHILIPPE DE DONDER and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur Discussant: Rainald Borck
10:40 - 11:20	Income, Information and the Extent of Redistribution JO THORI LIND and Dominic Rohner Discussant: Philippe de Donder
11:20 - 12:00	Political Economics of Higher Education Finance RAINALD BORCK and Martin Wimbersky Discussant: Philippe Jo Thori Lind
	Parallel Session 1b Income Taxation Chair: Laszlo Goerke
10:00 - 10:40	Optimal Redistributive Taxation with both Extensive and Intensive Responses LAURENCE JACQUET, Etienne Lehmann and Bruno van der Linden Discussant: Sören Blomquist
10:40 - 11:20	Marginal Deadweight Loss when the Income Tax is Nonlinear SÖREN BLOMQUIST and Laurent Simula Discussant: Laszlo Goerke
11:20 - 12:00	Human Capital Formation and Tax Evasion LASZLO GOERKE Discussant: Laurence Jacquet
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
	Parallel Session 2a Fiscal Decentralization Chair: Mario Jametti
13:00 - 13:40	Public Investment, Revenue Shocks and Borrowing Restrictions THIESS BUETTNER and David E. Wildasin General Discussion
13:40 - 14:20	Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization: Political Economy Aspects MARIO JAMETTI and Marcelin Joanis Discussant: Thies Buettner

	Parallel Session 2b: Public Policy I Chair: Bas Jacobs
13:00 - 13:40	Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy VOLKER GROSSMANN, Thomas M. Steger and Timo Trimborn Discussant: Mark Gradstein
13:40 - 14:20	Economic Growth and Longevity Risk with Adverse Selection BEN HEIJDRA and Laurie Reijnders Discussant: Bas Jacobs
14:20 - 15:00	On the Desirability of Taxing Capital Income to Reduce Moral Hazard in Social Insurance BAS JACOBS and Dirk Schindler Discussant: Volker Grossmann
15:00 - 15:20	Coffee Break
	Parallel Session 3a: Legislative Design Chair: MARKO KOETHENBUERGER
15:20 - 16:00	Why Does the Parliamentary Regime Perform Better: Bureaucratic Power versus Veto Players MARINA DODLOVA Discussant: Marco Koethenbuerger
16:00 - 16:40	Pay for Politicians and Candidate Selection: An Empirical Analysis KAISA KOTAKORPI and Panu Poutvaara Discussant: Marina Dodlova
16:40 - 17:20	Government Spending and Legislative Organization: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Germany Peter Egger and MARKO KOETHENBUERGER Discussant: Kaisa Kotakorpi
	Parallel Session 3b: Political Economics II Chair: Jon H. Fiva
15:20 - 16:00	The Optimal Duration of Contracts Panu Poutvaara, Thomas Takalo and ANDREAS WAGENER Discussant: Jon H. Fiva
16:00 - 16:40	The Right Look: Conservative Politicans Look Better and their Voters Reward It Nikolas Berggren, Henrik Jordhal and PANU POUTVAARA Discussant: Andreas Wagener
16:40 - 17:20	Voting when the Stakes are High Jørgen Juel Andersen, JON H. FIVA and Gisle James Natvik Discussant: Ranu Poutvaara
	Go to Saturday and Sunday programme

Area Conference on Public Sector Economics

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 9-11 April 2010

Programme

Go to Saturday and Sunday programme

Friday, 9 April 2010

Parallel Session 1aPolitical Economics I Chair: Rainald Borck

Parallel Session 1b Income Taxation Chair: Laszlo Goerke

Parallel Session 2a Fiscal Decentralization Chair: Mario Jametti

Parallel Session 2b: Public Policy I Chair: Bas Jacobs

Parallel Session 3a: Legislative Design Chair: MARKO KOETHENBUERGER

Parallel Session 3b: Political Economics II Chair: Jon H. Fiva

Go to Saturday and Sunday programme

Area Conference on
Public Sector Economics

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich
9-11 April 2010

Parallel Session 1a
Political Economics I
Chair: Rainald Borck

Parallel Session 1b
Income Taxation
Chair: Laszlo Goerke

Parallel Session 2a
Fiscal Decentralization
Chair: Mario Jametti

Parallel Session 2b:
Public Policy I
Chair: Bas Jacobs

Parallel Session 3a:
Legislative Design
Chair: MARKO KOETHENBUERGER

Parallel Session 3b:
Political Economics II
Chair: Jon H. Fiva