Conference Agenda

Session Overview
 
Date: Tuesday, 19/Aug/2025
3:00pm - 5:30pmBoard I
5:00pm - 7:00pmRegistration
6:00pm - 9:00pmBoard Dinner

 
Date: Wednesday, 20/Aug/2025
8:00am - 9:00amRegistration desk opens
9:00am - 9:30amOpening
9:30am - 10:30amPlenary I: Keynote Ravi Kanbur (Cornell University): "New Developments in the Theory and Practice of Targeting for Poverty Reduction"
Session Chair: Jennifer Nyakinya, NIERA
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee Break I
11:00am - 1:00pmA01: Tax Audit
Session Chair: Jukka Pirttila, University of Helsinki
Discussant 1: Zehra Farooq, Tulane University
Discussant 2: Keshav Choudhary, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Discussant 3: Jukka Pirttila, University of Helsinki
Discussant 4: David Johannes Henning, UCLA
11:00am - 1:00pmA02: Corporate Income Tax Reforms
Session Chair: Shafik Hebous, International Monetary Fund IMF
Discussant 1: Lucía Contreras, University of Manchester
Discussant 2: Biniyam Gezahegn Worku, University College Dublin
Discussant 3: Shafik Hebous, International Monetary Fund IMF
Discussant 4: Kristoffer Berg, University of Cambridge
11:00am - 1:00pmA03: Subnational Public Finance
Session Chair: Thiess Buettner, FAU
Discussant 1: Oliver Märtz, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
Discussant 2: Renjith PS, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT)
Discussant 3: Thiess Buettner, FAU
Discussant 4: Alessandro Sovera, Tampere University
11:00am - 1:00pmA04: Intergenerational Wealth Transmission
Session Chair: Isabel Martínez, KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich
11:00am - 1:00pmA05: Public Infrastructure
Session Chair: Rafael Serrano-Quintero, University of Barcelona
Discussant 1: Atrayee Choudhury, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
Discussant 2: Divya Kannan K R, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation
Discussant 3: Rafael Serrano-Quintero, University of Barcelona
Discussant 4: Vincent Leyaro, University of Dar es Salaam
11:00am - 1:00pmA06: Portfolio Choice and Invesment Plans
Session Chair: Francesca Parodi, University of Milan
Discussant 1: Maik Sattelmaier, University of Mannheim
Discussant 2: Sk Md Azharuddin, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP)
Discussant 3: Francesca Parodi, University of Milan
Discussant 4: Raphael Abiry, Bank of England
11:00am - 1:00pmA07: Tax Morale and Governance
Session Chair: Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 1: Guylaine Nouwoue N D Epse Tchakounte, University of Exeter
Discussant 2: Abdulfatai Adekunle Adedeji, Centre for the Study of Economies of Africa (CSEA)
Discussant 3: Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 4: Nomonde Tshabalala, Nelson Mandela University
11:00am - 1:00pmA08: Subsidies and Transfers
Session Chair: Sonia Laszlo, McGill University
Discussant 1: Nikolai Stähler, Deutsche Bundesbank
Discussant 2: Gabriel Leite Mariante, London School of Economics
Discussant 3: Sonia Laszlo, McGill University
Discussant 4: Anastasia Terskaya, University of Barcelona, IEB
11:00am - 1:00pmA09: Labor Supply and Impacts of Job Loss
Session Chair: François Gerard, University College London
Discussant 1: Davud Rostam-Afschar, University of Mannheim
Discussant 2: Peter Öhlinger, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Discussant 3: François Gerard, University College London
Discussant 4: Nicholas Lacoste, Tulane University
11:00am - 1:00pmA10: Fiscal Policy in Africa
Session Chair: Matthew Amalitinga Abagna, Tax Justice Network
Discussant 1: Adama Ouedraogo, University of Clermont Auvergne
Discussant 2: Jesse Joonas Juhani Lastunen, UNU-WIDER
Discussant 3: Matthew Amalitinga Abagna, Tax Justice Network
Discussant 4: Kefa Maunda Simiyu, Economics Scholar/ University of Nairobi/ KESA
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch I
2:00pm - 4:00pmB01: Property Values and Mobility
Session Chair: Georg Thunecke, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Discussant 1: David Jia-Hui Streich, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Discussant 2: Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal, Universitat de Barcelona
Discussant 3: Georg Thunecke, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Discussant 4: Greta Giulietta Fredriksson, Uppsala University
2:00pm - 4:00pmB02: Minimum Corporate Tax and Firm Behavior
Session Chair: Jakob Miethe, University of Munich
Discussant 1: Dave Goyvaerts, Ghent University
Discussant 2: Camille Semelet, ifo institute
Discussant 3: Jakob Miethe, University of Munich
Discussant 4: Tomas Boukal, Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
2:00pm - 4:00pmB03: Migration
Session Chair: Panu Poutvaara, ifo Institute and University of Munich
Discussant 1: Yogam Kom Tchokni, DIW - German Institut for Economic Research
Discussant 2: Luciana M. Galeano, University of Michigan
Discussant 3: Panu Poutvaara, ifo Institute and University of Munich
Discussant 4: Jan Gromadzki, Vienna University of Economics and Business
2:00pm - 4:00pmB04: Taxing Business Owners
Session Chair: Wojciech Kopczuk, Columbia University
Discussant 1: David Gstrein, ifo Institute & LMU Munich
Discussant 2: Miko Tapio Ensio Hallikainen, Tampere University
Discussant 3: Wojciech Kopczuk, Columbia University
Discussant 4: Dirk Foremny, Universitat de Barcelona / IEB
2:00pm - 4:00pmB05: Inheritance Taxation and Intergenerational Mobility
Session Chair: Philipp Doerrenberg, University of Mannheim
Discussant 1: Laurence O'Brien, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 2: Arttu Johannes Kauhanen, University of Helsinki
Discussant 3: Philipp Doerrenberg, University of Mannheim
Discussant 4: Pascal Zamorski, ifo Institut & LMU Munich
2:00pm - 4:00pmB06: Pension Reforms
Session Chair: Kathleen McKiernan, Vanderbilt University
Discussant 1: Juan Rios, PUC Rio de Janeiro
Discussant 2: Qquillaccori García López, Norwegian School of Economics
Discussant 3: Kathleen McKiernan, Vanderbilt University
Discussant 4: Heidi Karjalainen, Institute for Fiscal Studies
2:00pm - 4:00pmB07: Behavioral Responses to Personal Income Taxation
Session Chair: Andreas Peichl, ifo Institute & LMU
Discussant 1: Reetta Varjonen-Ollus, University of Helsinki
Discussant 2: David Garces Urzainqui, University of Copenhagen
Discussant 3: Andreas Peichl, ifo Institute & LMU
Discussant 4: Jacob E Bastian, rutgers university
2:00pm - 4:00pmB08: Informality
Session Chair: Anne Brockmeyer, World Bank
Discussant 1: Luciano Greco, University of Padua
Discussant 2: Kwabena Adu-Ababio, UNU-WIDER
Discussant 3: Anne Brockmeyer, World Bank
Discussant 4: Maximiliano Lauletta, Federal Reserve Board
2:00pm - 4:00pmB09: Microsimulation and Benefits
Session Chair: Snorre Skagseth, Statistics Norway
Discussant 1: Elena Herold, ifo Institut – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e. V.
Discussant 2: Takeshi Miyazaki, Kyushu University
Discussant 3: Snorre Skagseth, Statistics Norway
Discussant 4: Timo Meiendresch, Fraunhofer FIT
2:00pm - 4:00pmB10: Cross-Border Trade
Session Chair: Nora Strecker, University College Dublin
Discussant 1: Abiodun Adewale Adegboye, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Discussant 2: Nikolai Stähler, Deutsche Bundesbank
Discussant 3: Nora Strecker, University College Dublin
Discussant 4: Mehmet Serkan Tosun, University of Nevada, Reno
2:00pm - 4:00pmB11: Transfer Pricing and Thin-Cap Rules
Session Chair: Dr. Andreas Oestreicher, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Discussant 1: Matthew Amalitinga Abagna, Tax Justice Network
Discussant 2: Julia Spix, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
Discussant 3: Dr. Andreas Oestreicher, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Discussant 4: Simon Loretz, Austrian Institute of Economic Resarch
4:00pm - 4:30pmCoffee Break II
4:30pm - 5:30pmPlenary II: Keynote Rema Hanna (Harvard University): "Strengthening State Capacity Through Research Engagements"
Session Chair: François Gerard, University College London
5:30pm - 6:30pmGeneral Assembly of Members
7:00pm - 9:00pmSocial Program I: Welcome Reception

 
Date: Thursday, 21/Aug/2025
8:00am - 12:00pmSocial Program II: Excursions
12:00pm - 1:00pmPlenary III: Keynote Niels Johannesen (Oxford University): "Tax Enforcement with Imperfect Information"
Session Chair: Shafik Hebous, International Monetary Fund IMF
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch II
2:00pm - 4:00pmC01: Optimal Personal Income Tax
Session Chair: Alfons J. Weichenrieder, Goethe University Frankfurt
Discussant 1: Juan Rios, PUC Rio de Janeiro
Discussant 2: Ana Gamarra Rondinel, University of Melbourne
Discussant 3: Alfons J. Weichenrieder, Goethe University Frankfurt
Discussant 4: Michael Smart, U of Toronto
2:00pm - 4:00pmC02: Profit Shifting, Anti-Avoidance, and Developing Countries
Session Chair: Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester
Discussant 1: Alice Chiocchetti, Paris School of Economics
Discussant 2: Matthew Amalitinga Abagna, Tax Justice Network
Discussant 3: Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester
Discussant 4: Andreas Möller, University of Bonn
2:00pm - 4:00pmC03: Wealth, Inequality, and Taxation
Session Chair: Tsvetana Spasova, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Discussant 1: Olle Hammar, Linnaeus University
Discussant 2: Jan Žalman, Charles University, Prague
Discussant 3: Tsvetana Spasova, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Discussant 4: Johan Sæverud, University of Copenhagen
2:00pm - 4:00pmC04: Fiscal Austerity and Reforms
Session Chair: Matthias Schön, Deutsche Bundesbank
Discussant 1: Prasanth Chalambetta, Vinayaka Missions' Research Foundation (Deemed to be University)
Discussant 2: David Chagoyen Neumann, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Discussant 3: Matthias Schön, Deutsche Bundesbank
Discussant 4: Willem Sas, University of Stirling
2:00pm - 4:00pmC05: Tax Incentives and Innovation
Session Chair: Michael Devereux, Oxford University
Discussant 1: Nico Marienfeld, Leibniz University Hannover - Institute of Public Finance
Discussant 2: Agnieszka Kopańska, University of Warsaw
Discussant 3: Michael Devereux, Oxford University
Discussant 4: Matti Boie-Wegener, University of Goettingen
2:00pm - 4:00pmC06: Digitalization and Tax Compliance
Session Chair: Shunichiro Bessho, Waseda University
Discussant 1: Balint Van, ODI Global
Discussant 2: Maria Emilia Jouste, UNU-WIDER
Discussant 3: Shunichiro Bessho, Waseda University
Discussant 4: Fabrizio Santoro, Institute of Development Studies
2:00pm - 4:00pmC07: Education and Inequality
Session Chair: Georgia Kaplanoglou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Discussant 1: Javier Feinmann, University of California Berkeley
Discussant 2: Justin Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University
Discussant 3: Georgia Kaplanoglou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Discussant 4: Olof Johansson-Stenman, University of Gothenburg
2:00pm - 4:00pmC08: Subnational Budgeting and Finance
Session Chair: Akinobu Ogawa, Niigata University
Discussant 1: Martin Mosler, University of Lucerne
Discussant 2: Julian Koller, ETH Zürich
Discussant 3: Akinobu Ogawa, Niigata University
Discussant 4: Renata Motta Cafe, Inter-American Development Bank & Fundação Getulio Vargas
2:00pm - 4:00pmC09: Crime and Enforcement
Session Chair: Aaron James Payne, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Discussant 1: Lukas Rodrian, University of Zürich
Discussant 2: Aaron James Payne, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Discussant 3: Leander Andres, ifo Institute & LMU
2:00pm - 4:00pmC10: Fiscal Capacity
Session Chair: Abiodun Adewale Adegboye, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Discussant 1: Mahima Gupta, I.I.T DELHI
Discussant 2: Kefa Maunda Simiyu, Economics Scholar/ University of Nairobi/ KESA
Discussant 3: Abiodun Adewale Adegboye, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Discussant 4: Bernard Clery Nomo Beyala, University of Yaounde 2
4:00pm - 4:30pmCoffee Break III
4:30pm - 6:30pmD01: Minimum Tax, Digital Tax, and Welfare
Session Chair: Andreas Haufler, LMU Munich
Discussant 1: Dirk Schindler, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Discussant 2: Maarten Van T Riet, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Discussant 3: Andreas Haufler, LMU Munich
Discussant 4: Jonathan Pycroft, European Commission
4:30pm - 6:30pmD02: Taxpayer Mobility and Evasion
Session Chair: Dirk Foremny, Universitat de Barcelona / IEB
Discussant 1: Salla Mari Annika Kalin, University Of Helsinki
Discussant 2: Akhil Goyal, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi; and Reserve Bank of India
Discussant 3: Dirk Foremny, Universitat de Barcelona / IEB
Discussant 4: Hannah Gundert, ZEW Mannheim
4:30pm - 6:30pmD03: Identity and Fairness in Taxation
Session Chair: Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan
Discussant 1: Heikki Matias Palviainen, Tampere University
Discussant 2: Conor Clarke, Washington University in St. Louis
Discussant 3: Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan
Discussant 4: Thor O. Thoresen, Statistics Norway
4:30pm - 6:30pmD04: Accountability and Subnational Governments
Session Chair: Linda Gonçalves Veiga, University of Minho
Discussant 1: Salvatore Barbaro, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz
Discussant 2: Niccolo Meriggi, University of Oxford
Discussant 3: Linda Gonçalves Veiga, University of Minho
Discussant 4: Jan Kemper, ZEW/ University of Mannheim
4:30pm - 6:30pmD05: Offshore Assets and Taxing High-Income Earners
Session Chair: Miroslav Palansky, Charles University, Prague; Tax Justice Network
Discussant 1: Amelie Grosenick, LMU Munich
Discussant 2: Shigeki Kunieda, Chuo University
Discussant 3: Miroslav Palansky, Charles University, Prague; Tax Justice Network
Discussant 4: Amelie Grosenick, LMU Munich
4:30pm - 6:30pmD06: Macro-Fiscal Policy
Session Chair: Prasanth Chalambetta, Vinayaka Missions' Research Foundation (Deemed to be University)
Discussant 1: Franky Brice Kogueda Afia, University of Douala
Discussant 2: Klaas Staal, Mainz University
Discussant 3: Prasanth Chalambetta, Vinayaka Missions' Research Foundation (Deemed to be University)
Discussant 4: Mohammad Vesal, Sharif University of Technology
4:30pm - 6:30pmD07: VAT Registration Threshold
Session Chair: Miguel Almunia, CUNEF Universidad
Discussant 1: Ross James Warwick, International Monetary Fund
Discussant 2: Tobias Kreuz, ZEW Mannheim
Discussant 3: Miguel Almunia, CUNEF Universidad
Discussant 4: Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester
4:30pm - 6:30pmD08: Education Policy
Session Chair: A. Abigail Payne, University of Melbourne
Discussant 1: Ben Waltmann, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 2: Mikayel Tovmasyan, Catholic Unversity Eichsaett-Ingolstadt
Discussant 3: A. Abigail Payne, University of Melbourne
Discussant 4: Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University
4:30pm - 6:30pmD09: Intermunicipal Cooperation and Finance
Session Chair: Agnieszka Kopańska, University of Warsaw
Discussant 1: Alessandro Sovera, Tampere University
Discussant 2: Manish Gupta, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
Discussant 3: Agnieszka Kopańska, University of Warsaw
Discussant 4: Albert Solé-Ollé, U. of Barcelona
4:30pm - 6:30pmD10: Climate Change Mitigation
Session Chair: Dina Deborah Pomeranz, University of Zurich
Discussant 1: Ilias Matterne, Ghent University
Discussant 2: Vedanth Nair, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 3: Dina Deborah Pomeranz, University of Zurich
Discussant 4: Thomas Michael Lloyd, University of Michigan

 
Date: Friday, 22/Aug/2025
9:00am - 10:30amBoard II
9:00am - 10:30amMentoring
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee Break IV
11:00am - 1:00pmF01: Climate Policy
Session Chair: Emanuele Massetti, International Monetary Fund
Discussant 1: Michael R Carter, University of California, Davis
Discussant 2: Raphael Abiry, Bank of England
Discussant 3: Emanuele Massetti, International Monetary Fund
Discussant 4: Pia Rattenhuber, UNU-WIDER
11:00am - 1:00pmF02: Quantifying Profit Shifting
Session Chair: Ron Davies, University College Dublin
Discussant 1: Johannes Kochems, University of Cologne
Discussant 2: Jakob Brounstein, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 3: Ron Davies, University College Dublin
Discussant 4: Ruby Doeleman, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
11:00am - 1:00pmF03: Public Choices and Private Incentives
Session Chair: Erika Deserranno, Bocconi University
Discussant 1: Ross David Hickey, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Discussant 2: Beatrice Mbinya, Univeristy of Nairobi
Discussant 3: Erika Deserranno, Bocconi University
Discussant 4: Salvatore Barbaro, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz
11:00am - 1:00pmF04: Optimal Redistribution and Enforcement
Session Chair: Claus Thustrup Kreiner, University of Copenhagen
Discussant 1: Ana Franco, University of Michigan
Discussant 2: Dylan T. Moore, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Discussant 3: Claus Thustrup Kreiner, University of Copenhagen
Discussant 4: Jukka Pirttila, University of Helsinki
11:00am - 1:00pmF05: Taxes, Buoyancy, and Growth
Session Chair: Andrey Timofeev, Georgia State University
Discussant 1: Hyejeong SIM, National Assembly Budget Office
Discussant 2: Aneesh K A, CHRIST University
Discussant 3: Andrey Timofeev, Georgia State University
Discussant 4: Elina Berghäll, VATT Institute for Economic Research
11:00am - 1:00pmF06: Decentralization and Local Government
Session Chair: Renata Motta Cafe, Inter-American Development Bank & Fundação Getulio Vargas
Discussant 1: Keshav Choudhary, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Discussant 2: Nicolas Orgeira Pillai, Local Government Revenue Initiative
Discussant 3: Renata Motta Cafe, Inter-American Development Bank & Fundação Getulio Vargas
Discussant 4: Takeshi Miyazaki, Kyushu University
11:00am - 1:00pmF07: World Bank DaTAX
Session Chair: Dario Tortarolo, World Bank
Discussant 1: Revocatus Washington Paul, World Bank
Discussant 2: Daniel Okuku Zalo, Kenya Revenue Authority
Discussant 3: Dario Tortarolo, World Bank
Discussant 4: Benard Kipyegon Kirui, Privatization Commission
11:00am - 1:00pmF08: Health Outcome
Session Chair: Eva Mörk, Uppsala University
Discussant 1: Tim Cejka, UC Berkeley
Discussant 2: Marianne Bitler, UC Davis
Discussant 3: Eva Mörk, Uppsala University
Discussant 4: Olli Ropponen, Etla Economic Research
11:00am - 1:00pmF09: Political Economy
Session Chair: Francisco José Veiga, Universidade do Minho
Discussant 1: Luca Vittorio Angelo Colombo, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Discussant 2: Steve kevin Ngangni, University of Douala
Discussant 3: Francisco José Veiga, Universidade do Minho
Discussant 4: Thomas Rieger, DIW Berlin / FU Berlin
11:00am - 1:00pmF10: Tax Enforcement and Nudges
Session Chair: Gayline Migide Vuluku, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Discussant 1: Fredrick Manang, University of Dodoma (UDOM)
Discussant 2: Giovanni Occhiali, Institute of Development Studies
Discussant 3: Gayline Migide Vuluku, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Discussant 4: Celeste Scarpini, International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)
11:00am - 1:00pmF11: Competition
Session Chair: Davud Rostam-Afschar, University of Mannheim
Discussant 1: Ahmed Khaled Yassin Tohamy, University of Oxford
Discussant 2: Johannes Pauser, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
Discussant 3: Davud Rostam-Afschar, University of Mannheim
Discussant 4: Raphael Parchet, Università della Svizzera italiana
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch III
2:00pm - 4:00pmG01: Water and Climate Adaptation
Session Chair: Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Stanford GSB
Discussant 1: Bart Defloor, Ghent University
Discussant 2: Anna Zasova, UNU-WIDER
Discussant 3: Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Stanford GSB
Discussant 4: Emanuele Massetti, International Monetary Fund
2:00pm - 4:00pmG02: The Effects of BEPS and Minimum Taxation on Profit Shifting
Session Chair: Antonia Strachey, FCDO
Discussant 1: Tomas Boukal, Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
Discussant 2: Alessandro Chiari, CORPTAX, Charles University
Discussant 3: Antonia Strachey, FCDO
Discussant 4: Johannes Julius Gaul, Universität Mannheim and ZEW
2:00pm - 4:00pmG03: Enhancing VAT Collection in Africa: Evidence from Tax Administrative Data
Session Chair: Amina Ebrahim, UNU-WIDER
Discussant 1: Adrienne Forder Lees, Institute of Development Studies
Discussant 2: Rodrigo Oliveira, UNU-WIDER
Discussant 3: Amina Ebrahim, UNU-WIDER
Discussant 4: Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Chr. Michelsen Insitute
2:00pm - 4:00pmG04: Digital Money and Taxation
Session Chair: Jasmin Vietz, ifo Institute
Discussant 1: Hjalte Fejerskov Boas, University of Copenhagen
Discussant 2: Fabrizio Santoro, Institute of Development Studies
Discussant 3: Jasmin Vietz, ifo Institute
Discussant 4: Faycal Sawadogo, International Monetary Fund
2:00pm - 4:00pmG05: Measuring and Managing the Public Sector
Session Chair: James R. Hines Jr., University of Michigan
Discussant 1: Gopika Govindan, GULATI INSTITUTE OF FINANCE AND TAXATION (GIFT)
Discussant 2: Laura Montenbruck, Stockholm University
Discussant 3: James R. Hines Jr., University of Michigan
Discussant 4: Nikolai Stähler, Deutsche Bundesbank
2:00pm - 4:00pmG06: Pension and Labor
Session Chair: Heidi Karjalainen, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 1: Kathleen McKiernan, Vanderbilt University
Discussant 2: Tomoaki Tanaka, Queen Mary University of London
Discussant 3: Heidi Karjalainen, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 4: Junya Hamaaki, Hosei University
2:00pm - 4:00pmG07: Preferences and Perceptions
Session Chair: Sarah Necker, ifo institute
Discussant 1: Christopher Alexander Hoy, World Bank
Discussant 2: Jacob E Bastian, rutgers university
Discussant 3: Sarah Necker, ifo institute
Discussant 4: Lorenz Meister, DIW Berlin
2:00pm - 4:00pmG08: Demography
Session Chair: Jun-ichi Itaya, Hokusei Gakuen University
Discussant 1: Hyun-A Kim, Korea Institute of Public Finance
Discussant 2: Ashkar K, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation
Discussant 3: Jun-ichi Itaya, Hokusei Gakuen University
Discussant 4: Majken Alexandra Stenberg, Uppsala University
2:00pm - 4:00pmG09: Empirics of Investment and Innovation
Session Chair: Clara Martínez-Toledano, Imperial College London
Discussant 1: Emilia Gschossmann, University of Mannheim
Discussant 2: Marius Bendoma, University of Douala / Higher School of Economics and Management (ESSEC)
Discussant 3: Clara Martínez-Toledano, Imperial College London
Discussant 4: Arnaud Dyevre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:00pm - 4:00pmG10: Improving Tax Compliance of SMEs
Session Chair: Enlinson Mattos, Fundacao Getulio Vargas
Discussant 1: Franziska Sicking, University of Muenster
Discussant 2: Christin Schmidt, University of Mannheim
Discussant 3: Enlinson Mattos, Fundacao Getulio Vargas
Discussant 4: Seid Yimam Mohamed, International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)
2:00pm - 4:00pmG11: The Extractive Sector and Development
Session Chair: Alice Chiocchetti, Paris School of Economics
Discussant 1: Vidhya Unnikrishnan, Lancaster University
Discussant 2: Alice Chiocchetti, Paris School of Economics
Discussant 3: Paula Fernandez Musso, Barnard College, Columbia University
4:00pm - 4:30pmCoffee Break V
4:30pm - 5:30pmPlenary IV: Keynote Oyebola Okunogbe (World Bank): "State Capacity and Taxation"
Session Chair: Dina Deborah Pomeranz, University of Zurich
5:30pm - 6:00pmClosing
7:00pm - 10:00pmSocial Program III: Conference Dinner