The Tax Policy Center hosts a conference today in Washington, D.C. on Tax Reform in an Open Economy:
With U.S. tax reform now on the agenda, The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the International Tax Policy Forum will host three panels of public finance and trade experts to discuss the implications for international trade, investment, capital markets, and tax treaties. In an introductory presentation, Rosanne Altshuler, a senior economist on President Bush’s Advisory Panel on Federal Income Tax Reform, will describe the international aspects of the panel’s recommendations. Edward Lazear, a member of the president’s panel, will deliver a keynote address to highlight the implications of their recommendations for international investment in an open economy.
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Introductory Remarks:
- John Samuels (International Tax Policy Forum)
- Bill Gale (Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center)
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Presentation: International Aspects of Federal Income Tax Reform
- Rosanne Altshuler (Rutgers University; Senior Economist, President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform)
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.: Panel I: Effects of Tax Reform on Foreign Direct Investment
- Moderator – Glenn Hubbard (Columbia)
- James Hines (Michigan)
- Michael Devereux (University of Warwick)
12:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Panel II: Transition Issues in International Tax Reform
- Moderator – Michael Graetz (Yale)
- Alan Auerbach (University of California-Berkeley)
- Gary Hufbauer (Institute for International Economics)
- William Randolph (Congressional Budget Office)
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Panel III: Effects of Tax Reform on International Trade Flows
- Moderator – James Hines (Michigan)
- Mihir Desai (Harvard Business School)
- Michael Keen (International Monetary Fund)
- Matthew Slaughter (Dartmouth College)
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Address: Keynote Speaker – Edward P. Lazear (Stanford University; Hoover Institution; Member, President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform)
The Conference will be held at The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. For further details or to register, see here.
