Public Economics.

Members of the NBER's Public Economics Program met October 24-25 in Chicago. Program Director Amy Finkelstein of MIT and Research Associate Neale Mahoney of the University of Chicago organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Hunt Allcott, New York University and NBER; Joshua J. Kim, Stanford University; Dmitry Taubinsky, University of California, Berkeley and NBER; and Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth College and NBER, "Payday Lending, Self Control, and Consumer Protection"

* Patrick Bayer, Duke University and NBER; Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER; and Kenneth Whaley, Clemson University, "Is Spending on Schools Efficient? A National Study of the Capitalization of School Spending and Local Taxes"

* Joshua Rauh, Stanford University and NBER, and Ryan J. Shyu, Stanford University, "Behavioral Responses to State Income Taxation of High Earners: Evidence from California" (NBER Working Paper 26349)

* Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard University and NBER, and Benjamin D. Sprung-Keyser, Harvard University, "A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies" (NBER Working Paper 26144)

* Michael Gelman, Claremont McKenna College; Shachar Kariv, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER; and Dan...

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