"Public Economics and the Firm"
Oxford, October 27-28

Best Paper Award £1000

The Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation held its first CBT Doctoral Meeting on October 27-28, 2011 on "Public Economics and the Firm". 

Our Centre Director, Michael Devereux and Research Director, Clemens Fuest, as well as Programme Directors and Research Fellows attended the presentations.

JOHN GALLEMORE (University of North Carolina) won the best paper.

All papers at the conference can be found below.

Download the programme.

PROGRAMME

Thursday October 27

9.00am – 9.30am Registration (entrance foyer)

SESSION I- Boardroom

Chair: MICHAEL DEVEREUX (Centre for Business Taxation)

9.30am – 10.15am DANNY MCGOWAN (University of Nottingham)
Tax Policy and Firm Entry and Exit Dynamics: Evidence from OECD Countries   Download paper
with Richard Kneller (University of Nottingham)
Discussant: Nicolas Serrano-Velarde (Centre for Business Taxation)

10.15am – 11.00am STEFFEN OSTERLOH (ZEW and University of Mannheim)
Tax and the City—A Theory of Local Tax Competition and Evidence for Germany   Download paper
with Eckhard Janeba (University of Mannheim, CESifo and ZEW)
Discussant:  Simon Loretz  (University of Bayreuth and CBT)

11.00am -11.30am Coffee

11.30am-12.15pm ANNA GUMPERT (University of Munich)
The Use of Tax Havens in Exemption Regimes  
with James R. Hines Jr.(University of Michigan) and Monika Schnitzer (University of Munich)  Download paper
Discussant: Ben Lockwood (University of Warwick and CBT)

1.00pm   Lunch 

SESSION II - Boardroom

Chair: WIJI ARULAMPALAM (University of Warwick and CBT)
 
2.15pm-3.00pm ANDREW BIRD (University of Toronto)
The Effects of Taxes on the Market for Corporate Control
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Discussant: Giorgia Maffini (Centre for Business Taxation)

3.00pm-3.45pm FLORIAN WALCH (European Central Bank)
Tax Losses and Firm Investment: Evidence from Tax Statistics
with Nadja Dwenger (MPI Munich)   Download paper
Discussant: Li Liu (Centre for Business Taxation)

3.45pm-4.15pm Coffee

4.15pm-5.00pm DAVID AGRAWAL (University of Michigan)
The Tax Gradient: Do Local Sales Taxes Reduce Tax Differentials at State Borders?  Download paper
Discussant:  Michael Devereux  (Centre for Business Taxation)

5.00pm-5.45pm DOMINIKA LANGENMAYR (University of Munich)
Sorting into Outsourcing: Are Profits Taxed at a Gorrila’s Arm’s Length?
with Christian Bauer (University of Munich)  Download paper
Discussant: Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr (Centre for Business Taxation) 

7.00pm-7.30pm Pre-dinner Drinks
7.30pm Dinner at 4500 Miles from Delhi (Indian restaurant)

Friday October 28

SESSION III - Boardroom

Chair: CLEMENS FUEST (Centre for Business Taxation)

9.00am – 9.45am    FEDERICA LIBERINI (University of Warwick)
Corporate Taxes and the Growth of the Firm  Download draft paper
Discussant:  Johannes Voget (University of Mannheim)

9.45am – 10.30am NIRUPAMA RAO (New York University)
Do Tax Credits Stimulate R&D Spending?  Download paper
Discussant:  Steve Bond (University of Oxford and CBT)

10.30am– 11.15am ZARKO KALAMOV (University of Magdeburg)
Tax Competition, Rish Sharing and Financing Decisions of Firms
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Discussant: Nadine Riedel (University of Hohenheim and CBT)

11.15am-11.30am Coffee

11.30am-12.15pm JOHN GALLEMORE (University of North Carolina)
Deferred Tax Assets and Bank Regulatory Capital Download paper
Discussant: Jing Xing (Centre for Business Taxation)

12.15pm-1.00pm CEYHUN ELGIN (University of Bogazici)
Political Turnover, Taxes and the Shadow Economy   Download paper
Discussant: Clemens Fuest (Centre for Business Taxation)

1.00pm-2.30pm Lunch and best paper award