NTA Annual Conference on Taxation

The National Tax Association 105th Annual Conference on Taxation kicks off today. Tax Prof speakers include:

New Insights into Tax Compliance and Evasion

Organizer:  Leandra Lederman (Indiana)

Moderator:  Stephen Mazza (Kansas)

Presentations:

• James Alm (Tulane), Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) & Kara Leibel (IRS), Socio-economic Diversity, Social Capital, and Tax Filing Compliance in the United States
• Leandra Lederman (Indiana) & Ted Sichelman (San Diego), Measured Tax Enforcement
• Joshua Blank (NYU), Collateral Compliance
• Martin Besfamile (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella), Inspectors or Google Earth? Optimal Fiscal Policies under Uncertain Detection of Evaders

Discussants:

• Joel Slemrod (Michigan)
• Peggy Hite (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business)
• John Hasseldine (University of New Hampshire)

Quantitative Studies of Charitable Giving: Behavior of Donors and Firms

Organizer/Moderator: Brian Galle (Boston College)

Presentations:

• Brian Galle (Boston College) & Austin Nichols (Urban Institute), Are Existing Price-Elasticity of Giving Results Misleading for Policy Makers?: Evidence from the Price-Elasticity of Nonprofit Fund Raising
• Abigail Payne (McMaster University) & James Andreoni (UC-San Diego), Crowding-Out Charitable Contributions in Canada: New Knowledge from the North
• Joseph Rosenberg (Urban Institute) & Joseph Cordes (George Washington), Evaluating Options for Reforming the Charitable Income Tax Deduction
• Yair Listokin (Yale) & Jacob Goldin (Princeton), Tax Expenditure Salience

Discussants:

• Bradley Heim (Indiana)
• C. Eugene Steuerle (Urban Institute)