TAPES Conference on Fiscal Federalism

CESifo Munich

20 - 22 May 2004

Programme
Thursday, 20 May 2004
Morning Session: Tax Avoidance / Evasion Chair: Hans-Werner Sinn
09:00 - 10:15	Economic Effects of Regional Tax Havens Mihir Desai, Fritz Foley and JIM HINES Discussants: Roger Gordon and Federico Revelli
10:15 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00	Income Segregation and Local Progressive Taxation: Empirical Evidence from Switzerland KURT SCHMIDHEINY Discussants: Hans-Werner Sinn and Kate Baicker
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch
Afternoon Session : Fiscal Competition Chair: Jim Poterba
14:00 - 15:15	Incentive Effects of Fiscal Equalization Transfers on Tax Policy THIESS BÜTTNER Discussants: Helmuth Cremer and Jim Poterba
15:15 - 15:45	Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00	Performance Rating and Yardstick Competition in Social Service Provision FEDERICO REVELLI Discussants: Jim Hines and Jean Hindriks
19:30	Conference Dinner
Friday, 21 May 2004
Morning Session: Tiebout Models Chair: Vesa Kanniainen
09:00 - 10:15	Myopic Voting and Local Public Good Provision: Theory and Evidence DENNIS EPPLE, Stephen Calabrese, Thomas Romer and Holger Sieg Discussants:Soren Blomquist and Tim Besley
10:15 - 11:30	State Policy and Local Residential Sorting: Are Tiebout Voters Hobbled? MARTIN FARNHAM and Purvi Sevak Discussants:Michelle White and Nora Gordon
11:30 - 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:15	Can Regional Policy in a Federation Improve Economic Efficiency? Clemens Fuest and Bernd Huber Discussants:Vesa Kanniainen and John Burbidge
13:15	Light lunch and then depart for afternoon social programme
Saturday, 22 May 2004
Morning Session: Fiscal Federalism Chair: Dennis Epple
09:00 - 10:15	Do State and Local Governments Use Other Public Expenditures Programs to Undo the Redistribution of Court-Ordered School Finance Equalization KATHERINE BAICKER and Nora Gordon Discussants: Holger Sieg and Julia Darby
10:15 - 11:30	Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal Consolidations: Evidence from an Event Study Julia Darby, ANTON MUSCATELLI and Greame Roy Discussants: Dennis Epple and Thiess Büttner
11:30 - 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:15	Capital Tax Competition with Heterogeneous Firms KATHERINE CUFF, John Burbidge, and Jack Leach Discussants: Luca Micheletto and Clemens Fuest
13:15 - 14:45	Lunch
Afternoon Session: Fiscal Spillovers Chair: Roger Gordon
14:45 - 16:00	Median Voters, Nonresidents, and Property Tax Limitations JACOB VIGDOR Discussants: Brian Knight and Martin Farnham
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:45	Voluntary Matching Grants Jacques Dreze, Charles Figuieres, JEAN HINDRIKS Discussants: Alexander Plekhanov and Jacob Vigdor

TAPES Conference on Fiscal Federalism

CESifo Munich

Programme