Cato Papers on Public Policy: June 2–3, 2011

Thursday, June 2, 2011
1:30 – 3:00 PM	*Competition and Innovation* Download MP3 of event Michele Boldrin, Department of Economics, Washington University Juan Correa, Department of Economics, Washington University David Levine, Department of Economics, Washington University Carmine Ornaghi, Department of Economics, University of Southhampton Discussants: Andy Atkeson, Department of Economics, UCLA Discussants: Sam Kortum, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
3:00 – 3:30 PM	Coffee Break
3:30 – 5:00 PM	*Can the Treasury Exempt its Own Companies from Tax? The $45 Billion GM NOL Carryforward* Download MP3 of event Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School, Harvard University Eric Rasmusen, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Discussants: Frank Buckley, George Mason University Law Discussants: Efraim Benmelech, Department of Economics, Harvard University
5:00 – 6:00 PM	Wine and Cheese Reception
Friday, June 3, 2011
8: 00 – 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 AM	*Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals* Download MP3 of event Rafael Di Tella, Harvard Business School, Harvard University Juan Dubra, Department of Economics, University of Montevideo Discussants: Glenn Loury, Department of Economics, Brown University Discussants: Justin McCrary, Boalt Law School, University of California, Berkeley
10:00 – 10:30 AM	Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM	*Labor Market Dysfunction during the 1930s and Today* Download MP3 of event Lee Ohanian, Department of Economics, UCLA Kyle Herkenhoff, Department of Economics, UCLA Discussants: Robert Hall, Department of Economics, Stanford University Discussants: John Leahy, Department of Economics, New York University

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