Tax policy and the economy.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER conference, "Tax Policy and the Economy," took place in Washington, D.C., on September 24. Research Associate Jeffrey Brown of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Gerald Carlino, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and Robert P. Inman, University of Pennsylvania and NBER, "Fiscal Stimulus in Economic Unions: What Role for States?" (NBER Working Paper No. 21680)

* Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard University and NBER, "The Policy Elasticity" (NBER Working Paper No. 19177)

* Michael Cooper, John McClelland, James Pearce, Richard Prisinzano, and Joseph Sullivan, Department of the Treasury; Danny Yagan, University of California, Berkeley, and NBER; and Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER, "Business in the United States: Who Owns it and How Much Tax Do They Pay?" (NBER Working Paper No. 21651)

* Michael Chirico, Charles Loeffler, and John MacDonald, University of...