PSE-CEPR Policy Forum 2024

Chair: Ariell Reshef (PSE, CNRS)

09:00-09:30 – Welcome speeches
Jean-Olivier Hairault (PSE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Beatrice Weder di Mauro (CEPR)

09.30-09:45 – Introduction
Gabriel Zucman (PSE, École normale supérieure – PSL, EU Tax Observatory, CEPR)

09:45-10:45 – Invited research paper
Lost in Information: National Implementation of Global Tax Agreements
Annette Alstadsæter (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
Discussant: Pierre Bachas (ESSEC Business School)

10:45-11:45 – Invited research paper
Do Billionaires Pay Taxes?
Antoine Bozio (PSE, Institut des Politiques Publiques, CEPR)
Discussant: Florian Scheuer (University of Zürich, CEPR)

11:45-12:15 – Coffee break

12:15-13:15 – Presentations by PhD students selected by the CEPR call for papers

Profit Shifting by Large Multinational Firms: Evidence from France
Alice Chiocchetti (PSE, EHESS)

Tackling Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Earnings Stripping Rules
Usama Jamal (The University of Manchester)

Domestic inequality and global imbalances
Jan Mazza (European University Institute)

Has the US exorbitant privilege become a rich world privilege? Rates of return and foreign assets from a global perspective, 1970-2022
Gaston Nievas (PSE, EHESS)

Do Dividend Taxes Affect Firm Behaviour? Evidence from Publicly-Listed OECD Firms
Ahmed Tohamy (University Of Oxford)

Behavioral Responses to Estate Taxation: Evidence from Taiwan
Linda Wu (UCL – London’s Global University)

13:15-14:30 – Lunch break and Poster Session by PhD students

14:30-15:30 – Invited research paper
The economic position of the wealthy in the Netherlands since 2006
Arjan Lejour (Tilburg University)
Discussant: Jonathan Goupille-Lebret (École normale supérieure de Lyon, CEPR)

15:30-16:00 – Coffee break and Poster Session by PhD students

16:00-17:00 – Keynote Lecture
Gabriel Zucman (PSE, École normale supérieure – PSL, EU Tax Observatory, CEPR)

17:00-18:00 – Policy Conversation

• María José Garde (Deputy Director for International Taxation at the Ministerio de Hacienda and Chair of the Global Forum of the OECD)
• Gabriel Zucman (PSE, École normale supérieure – PSL, EU Tax Observatory, CEPR)
• Moderated by Quentin Parrinello (EU Tax Observatory)

Chair: Katheline Schubert (PSE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

9:00-09:15 – Introduction
Esther Duflo (PSE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CEPR)

09:15-10:15 – Documentary Projection:

• Water wars Episode 1: The Land of good intentions
• Water wars Episode 2: The Eternal Swamp

Presented by the film maker, Sarnath Banerjee

10:15-10:45 – Coffee break

10:45-11:45 – Invited research paper
Climate adaptation and inequality
Kelsey Jack (UC Santa Barbara, CEPR)
Discussant: Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline (PSE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

11:45-12:45 – Presentations by PhD students selected by the CEPR call for papers

Climate supervisory shocks and bank lending: Empirical evidence from microdata
Maria Alessia Aiello (Banca d’Italia, LUISS)

What Doesn’t Kill You Slows Your Green Stride: Technological Change After Hurricane Katrina
Yuan Hu (Imperial College Business School)

Gone with the Wind: Renewable Energy Infrastructure, Welfare, and Redistribution
Milan Quentel (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Consistency or Transformation? Finance in Climate Agreements
Sebastian Rink (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

Sovereign debt sustainability, the carbon budget and climate damages
Caterina Seghini (PSE Guest PhD, University of Geneva)

The Marginal Impact of Emission Reductions: Estimates, Beliefs and Behavior
Christoph Semken (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

12:45-13:45 – Lunch break and Poster Session by PhD students

13:45-14:45 – Invited research paper
The Global Inequality of Climate Damages
Ishan Nath (San Francisco Fed)
Discussant: Katrin Millock (PSE, National Centre for Scientific Research)

14:45-15:15 – Coffee break and Poster Session by PhD students

15:15-16:15 – Keynote Lecture
Esther Duflo (PSE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CEPR)

16:15-17:15 – Policy Conversation

• Shameran Abed (Executive Director of BRAC International)
• Esther Duflo (PSE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CEPR)
• Moderated by Kelsey Jack (UC Santa Barbara, CEPR)

17:15-17:30 – Break

17:30-18:30 – Daniel Cohen Prize:
Ceremony Award Winner of the Daniel Cohen Prize

• Presentation of the Daniel Cohen Prize to Nina Buchmann, doctoral student at Stanford University, by Michel Cohen, Daniel Cohen’s brother
• In the presence of the the association des anciens élèves de l’École normale supérieure (A-Ulm) which is funding this year’s prize

Chair: Sylvie Lambert (PSE, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment)

09.15-09:30 – Introduction – Research Session
Abhijit Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CEPR)

09:30-10:30 – Invited research paper
Social Protection: Evidence from Indonesia
Rema Hanna (Harvard Kennedy School, CEPR)
Discussant: Luc Behaghel (PSE, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment)

10:30-11:00 – Coffee break

11:00-12:00 – Invited research paper
Unconditional Cash Transfers: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Randomized Evaluations in Low and Middle Income Countries
Dean Karlan (Northwestern University, USAID, CEPR)
Discussant: Karen Macours (PSE, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, CEPR)

12:00-13:00 – Presentations by PhD students selected by the CEPR call for papers

A Travesty of Justice: Unintended Consequences of Anti-Corruption Efforts
Ali Bakhtawar (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)

Subsidy, Shirking, and Strategy: Assessing the Effects of Consumption Subsidies on Worker Effort and Intervening Strategies
Ratchanon Chotiputsilp (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Heterogeneous Impacts of Education Policies by Gender and Culture
Kotaro Fujisaki (UCL – London’s Global University)

Closing the Gender Gap: Evidence from Private School Participation in Free Secondary Education in Uganda
Simeon Lauterbach (Geneva Graduate Institute)

Campaign Finance Quotas and Descriptive Representation: Evidence from Brazil, 2002-2022
Felipe Lauritzen (Sciences Po)

Scorching Heat and Shrinking Horizons: The Impact of Rising Temperatures on Marriages and Migration in Rural India
Manisha Mukherjee (Maastricht University, UNU-MERIT)

13:00-14:15 – Lunch break and Poster Session by PhD students

14:15-15:15 – Invited research paper
Should cash transfers be universal, basic, or income?
Paul Niehaus (UC San Diego)
Discussant: Liam Wren-Lewis (PSE, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment)

15:15-16:00 – Coffee break and Poster Session by PhD students

16:00-17:00 – Keynote Lecture
Abhijit Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CEPR)

17:00-18:00 – Policy Conversation

• Iffath Sharif (Global Director for Social Protection and Jobs at the World Bank)
• Abhijit Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CEPR)
• Moderated by Thomas Melonio (Agence Française de Développement)