Hubbard says tax cuts were not reform, and not bold enough. Suggests they could have included carbon tax, border adjustment tax, move toward VAT to help deal with revenue losses. #ASSA2018
Glenn Hubbard - Good in tax reform: corporate tax cut, doubling standard deduction. Bad: pass-through provisions. Ugly: No work support, no health care provisions fix. #ASSA2018
Animated Austan Goolsbee: “The argument this will lead to a renaissance of growth, the moving back of factories, more employment, is ridiculous. It’s not even close.”
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Furman sees the need for additional tax legislation to fix all the faults of the Trump tax cuts. He suggests we call it “Repeal and Replace.”
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Jason Furman sees the tax cuts creating legislated instability (bc of expirations and complexity); economic instability; political instability. #ASSA2018
Kristin Forbes notes 90% of 2004 repatriation cash went to shareholders rather than to investment. She expects the same thing to happen this time. #ASSA2018
CEA’s Hassett says tax bill will cause US companies to increase investment because they can keep profits here, rather than overseas. “The next plant is going to be located here.” #ASSA2018
CEA all-stars at #ASSA2018
Hassett, Goolsbee, Furman, Forbes, Hubbard
Just a quick shout out for the #ASSA2018 app. Attending conferences is so much easier with it.
At the #ASSA2018. Excited for the sessions today!
FinTech panel happening right now in Loews Regency room. Despite the name, it's all about cryptos. @Susan_Athey, Campbell Harvey, Maureen O'Hara, David Yermack are in the discussion panel in a packed room. #ASSA2018
My search committee skipped #assa2018 & instead did video interviews in part bc @CFCamerer told me that's what CalTech does. Thank you, Colin!
3rd time is the charmer - Boarding (finally) on the plane to Philly. See everyone tomorrow at #ASSA2018 (even though I'll be interviewing people all day). Find me at the @urpe1968 reception. Look forward to catching up!
The only people on the roads between New England and Philadelphia today were truckers and economists trying to make it to #ASSA2018 sessions.
Second flight to #ASSA2018 canceled. Trying to get there late 2night. Hopefully...
Looking forward to an exciting #ASSA2018 session on #minimumwages with Thomas Lemieux, Attila Lindner, Christian Moser, Brian Phelan, David Autor, David Lee, and Fabien Postel-Vinay (Sat...
#ASSA2018 is going to be a cold one.
Econ meetings in Philadelphia in '14: HORRIBLE snow/cold
SF, LA, Miami, Orlando, Dallas beckon us #ASSA2018...
To cheer up all organizational economists going to chill Philadelphia for #ASSA2018: Org Econ workshop in Barcelona, June 2018, co-organized by a bunch of excellent folks www.barcelonagse.eu/summer-forum/workshop-or... cc: @lugaricanO
For people working in cryptos who also happen be in Philadelphia (#assa2018) on January 5: I'll be presenting a new paper from 12:30-2:15pm (as part of a group of 3 presenters from #ITFA). The tentative title is "Cryptocurrencies As a New Global Financial Asset".
#economics & #business // Theory & empirics // #Econometrics + #DataScience. Interested? @ceuhungary Budapest is hiring. http://bit.ly/2iN8mi5 Apply and meet at #ASSA2018
Will be at #ASSA2018. Apply this week to meet us there.
@ceuhungary Econ/Business Dept is hiring #DataScience #econometrics - Apply https://tinyurl.com/y9olq8rk - Will be at #ASSA2018