Tax Reform in an Open Economy
Friday, December 2, 2005
8:30 am - 1:30 pm
The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
With U.S. tax reform now on the agenda, The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the International Tax Policy Forum will hosted 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, descroned the international aspects of the panel's recommendations. Edward Lazear, a member of the president's panel, delivered a keynote address to highlight the implications of their recommendations for international investment in an open economy.
Link to event agenda
Introductory Remarks
- JOHN SAMUELS, International Tax Policy Forum
- BILL GALE, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution; Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Presentation: International Aspects of Federal Income Tax Reform Recommendations
- ROSANNE ALTSHULER, Rutgers University; Senior Economist, President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
Panel 1: Effects of Tax Reform on Foreign Direct Investment
- MODERATOR: GLENN HUBBARD, Columbia University
- JAMES HINES, University of Michigan
- MICHAEL DEVEREUX, University of Warwick
Panel 2: Transition Issues in International Tax Reform
- MODERATOR: MICHAEL GRAETZ, Yale University
- ALAN AUERBACH, University of California, Berkeley
- GARY HUFBAUER, Institute for International Economics
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH, Congressional Budget Office
Panel 3: Effects of Tax Reform on International Trade Flows
- MODERATOR: JAMES HINES, University of Michigan
- MIHIR DESAI, Harvard Business School
- MICHAEL KEEN, International Monetary Fund
- MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth College
Luncheon Address
- EDWARD P. LAZEAR, Stanford University; Hoover Institution; Member, President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
