The conference will focus on behavioral responses to taxes and social insurance programs, as well as the implications of such responses for government policy. Taxes are broadly defined to include direct individual and corporate taxes as well as indirect taxes. Social insurance programs include...

The conference will focus on positive and normative studies of public policies that affect retirement behavior, including Social Security, Medical Insurance, Unemployment Insurance and Disability Insurance programs. These programs constitute a large and growing share of government expenditures,...

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM IAIN COCKBURN, Boston University and NBER Is the Pharmaceutical Industry in a Productivity Crisis? SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER When Ideas Are Not Free: The Impact of Patents on ScientificResearch PAULA STEPHAN, Georgia State University Wrapping it up in a...