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Thursday 4th of September

 

14:30 – 14:55 Registration + Welcome

 

15:00 – 15:45  Justine Knebelmann (Sciences Po)

“Bringing property owners into the tax net: fiscal capacity and local governance in Dakar, Senegal”

Discussant: Gabriel Leite Mariante (CUNEF Universidad)

 

15:45 – 16:30  Christian Traxler (Hertie School) 

Vehicle Taxes and the Car Lifecycle: Effects on Purchases and Deregistrations

Discussant: Dirk Foremny (Universitat de Barcelona)

 

16:30 – 17:00  Coffee break

 

17:00 – 17:45  Sebastian Siegloch (University of Cologne) 

“Price and Quantity Effects of a Temporary VAT Cut: Evidence from Scanner Data on Durables and Non-Durables”

Discussant: Javier Feinmann (Paris School of Economics)

 

17:45 – 18:00  Coffee break

 

18:00 – 19:00  Keynote: Ricardo Perez-Truglia
(UCLA Anderson School of Management)

“Fairness and Tax Compliance” 

 

 

Friday 5th of September

 

09:15 – 10:15  Keynote: Naomi Feldman

(Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 

“Tax Complexity and Tax Confusion: From Early Misperceptions to Recent Evidence”

 

10:15 – 10:45  Coffee break

 

10:45 – 11:30 Warn N. Lekfuangfu (UC3M, IZA, J-PAL, CReAM)

“Bequest Division in Europe: The Roles of Parental Motives and Children's Gender Composition”

Discussant: Isabel Micó-Millán (Banco de España)

 

11:30 – 13:10  Flash Talks

Javier Feinmann (Paris School of Economics)

Covadonga Machicado Alvarez (LSE)

Isabel Micó-Millán (Banco de España)

Gabriel Leite Mirante (CUNEF Universidad) 

 

13:10 – 14:45  Lunch + Coffee

 

14:45 - 15:30   Isabel Martínez (KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich) 

“Earnings Responses to Sudden Wealth over the Life Cycle”

Discussant: Clara Martínez-Toledano (Imperial College)

 

15:30 - 16:15   Antoine Bozio (EHESS and Paris School of Economics)

“Follow the money! Why dividends overreact to flat-tax reforms”

Discussant: Miguel Almunia (CUNEF Universidad)

 

16:15 – 16:30  Closing remarks