Lily Batchelder (NYU), Yair Listokin (Yale), Ruth Mason (UConn), and Christian Zimmermann (UConn, Department of Economics) are participating in a panel discussion today on Macroeconomic Stabilizing Effects of Tax Expenditures at the University of Connecticut School of Law today as part of its International Tax Lecture Series:

The discussion will bring together Prof. Batchelder's writings on the stabilizing effects of refundable credits like the EITC [Efficiency and Tax Incentives: The Case for Refundable Tax Credits, 59 Stan. L. Rev. 23 (2006) (with Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. & Peter R. Orszag)] and Prof. Listokin's recent criticisms of certain tax expenditures for their destabilizing effects [Stabilizing the Economy Through the Income Tax Code,123 Tax Notes 1575 (June 29, 2009); Tax Expenditures and Business Cycle Fluctuations].