Presentación
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) is pleased to announce its II Summer School in Public Economics, which will consist of two courses: one on ‘Economics of Corporate and Personal Income Taxation’ and the other on ‘Political Economy’. The objective of each course is twofold: to offer an intensive training program for PhD students in Public Economics, and to provide young scholars with the opportunity to discuss their own ongoing research with leading researchers in the field in a relaxed and open atmosphere. Students will have the opportunity to present their research work at sessions attended both by the invited lecturers and by IEB researchers.
Lecturers
Clemens Fuest (Oxford University)
Ben Lockwood (University of Warwick)
Jack Mintz (University of Calgary)
James Snyder (MIT)
Courses and fees
The courses will be held during de mornings. The courses (and tentative topics) are:
Economics of Corporate and Personal Income Taxation (Jack Mintz & Clemens Fuest)
- Optimal taxation
- Tax incidence
- Tax competition
- Taxation in the EU
- Taxes and labour supplu
- Taxation and savings
- Taxation and risk-taking
- Taxation and financial policy
Political Economy (James Snyder & Ben Lockwood)
- Spatial voting
- Citizen candidate
- Lobbying
- Legislative bargaining
- Political agency
- Federalism
Activities
Workshop sessions will take place in the afternoon, including students’ presentations.
Participants
PhD students from all over the world and young researchers who finished the dissertation in the last 3 years.
Fees and expenses
There is a registration fee of 400€ per course, which includes documentation and working lunches. Further information (application form, schedule, reading list and program) will be available shortly at www.ieb.ub.edu
Scholarship
Participants who present papers may apply for a scholarship that covers the course fee and the accommodation.
Application procedure
Send your CV and a one-page description of the topic of your PhD dissertation to ieb.summer@ub.edu.
If you intend to present a paper, please attach an extended abstract (or preferably the entire paper).
Only PDF files will be considered. A letter of support from your PhD supervisor must be sent by post mail (see address below).
Application for one course does not entail application for the other; if you are interested in taking both courses, two independent applications should be submitted.
Committees
Scientific Committee
José Mª Durán-Cabré (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Alejandro Esteller-Moré (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Julio López-Laborda (University of Zaragoza)
Eva Mörk (Uppsala University & IFAU)
Albert Solé-Ollé (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Pilar Sorribas-Navarro (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Organizing Committee
José Mª Durán-Cabré (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Alejandro Esteller-Moré (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Albert Solé-Ollé (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Pilar Sorribas-Navarro (University of Barcelona & IEB)
Deadlines
Deadline for application: March 31, 2009
Deadline for acceptance of application: April 17, 2009
