Fiscal federalism.

• Position: Conferences

Julie Berry Cullen and Roger Gordon, both of the University of California at San Diego and NBER, organized a "Conference on Fiscal Federalism" that took place in California on March 26-27, 2010. These papers were discussed:

* Katherine Baicker and Monica Singhal, Harvard University and NBER, and Jeffrey Clemens, Harvard University, "Fiscal Federalism in the United States"

* David N. Figlio, Northwestern University and NBER, and Deborah Fletcher, Miami University, "Suburbanization, Demographic Change, and the Consequences for School Finance"

* Roberton C. Williams III, University of Texas at Austin and NBER, "Growing State-Federal Conflicts of Interest in Environmental Policy: The Role of Market-Based Regulation"

* Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California at Davis and NBER, and Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Harvard University and NBER, "Insurance Benefits from Progressive Taxes and Transfers"

* Therese J. McGuire, Northwestern University, and Nathan B. Anderson, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Do States Practice Benefit Taxation? School Finance Reform and...