Public Economics.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Conference notes - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Public Economics met in Cambridge on March 29 and 30, 2012. Program Director Amy Finkelstein of MIT and NBER Research Associate Karl Scholz the University of Wisconsin organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Henrik Kleven and Mazhar Waseem, London School of Economics, "Behavioral Responses to Notches: Evidence from Pakistani Tax Records"

* Liran Einav and Jonathan D. Levin, Stanford University and NBER; Dan Knoepfle, Stanford University; and Neel Sundaresan, eBay Research Labs, "Sales Taxes and Internet Commerce"

* Justine S. Hastings, Brown University and NBER, and Ali Hortacsu and Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER, "Advertising and Competition in Privatized Social Security: The Case of Mexico"

* Jonathan T. Kolstad, University of Pennsylvania and NBER, and Amanda E. Kowalski, Yale...