The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) hosts a forum today from 11:30 AM – 7:00 PM PT (register here). 

12:00 PM: Welcome Remarks

• Mark Duggan (Stanford; Google Scholar), the Trione Director of SIEPR, the Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics

12:15 PM: Tax on Individuals—Equity and Efficiency

• Kimberly Clausing (UCLA; Google Scholar)
• Kevin Hassett (Hoover Institution; Google Scholar)
• Scott Hodge (Tax Foundation)
• Mark Wolfson (Stanford) (moderator)

1:30 PM: Corporate Tax—Tax-induced Distortions, Profit Shifting, and Location and Investment Decisions

• Alan Auerbach (UC-Berkeley; Google Scholar)
• Michelle Hanlon (MIT; Google Scholar)
• Marcus Heyland (KPMG)
• Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato (Duke; Google Scholar)
• Rebecca Lester (Stanford; Google Scholar) (moderator)

3:15 PM: State and Local Tax Issues in California

• Michael Coleman (League of California Cities)
• Gabriel Petek (California LAO)
• Joshua Rauh (Stanford; Google Scholar)
• Gopi Shah Goda (Stanford; Google Scholar) (moderator)

4:45 PM: Keynote—Taxation as Moral and Civic Education

• Michael Sandel (Harvard), Author of Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good?, and Democracy's Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times
• Mark Duggan (Stanford; Google Scholar), the Trione Director of SIEPR, the Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics (moderator)