Tax Policy and the Economy.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER conference, "Tax Policy and the Economy," took place in Washington, D.C., on September 22. Research Associate Robert Moffitt ofJohns Hopkins University organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley, and NBER; Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University and NBER; Darryl R. Koehler, Economic Security Planning; and Manni Yu, Boston University, "Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?"

* Gizem Kosar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Robert Moffitt, "Trends in Cumulative Marginal Tax Rates Facing Low-Income Families, 1997-2007"

* Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley, and NBER, "Taxing the...