These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
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Francois Gourio (Boston University)

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM
Session: Rare Disasters and Asset Markets (AEA)
Presiding: John Campbell (Harvard University)

Consumption Disasters in the 20th Century
Robert Barro (Harvard University)
Jose Ursua (Harvard University)

Variable Rare Disasters: An Exactly Solved Framework for Ten Puzzles in Macro-Finance
Xavier Gabaix (New York University and NBER)
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Disasters and Recoveries
Francois Gourio (Boston University)
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Consumption-based Asset Pricing with Higher Cumulants
Ian Martin (Harvard University)
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Sunday, January 6, 10:15 AM

Sunday, January 6, 10:15 AM
Session: Taxation and Corporate Investment and Financial Policies (AEA)
Presiding: Jianjun Miao (Boston University)

Dynamic Effects of Permanent and Temporary Dividend Tax Cuts on Corporate Investment and Financial Policies
Jianjun Miao (Boston University)
Francois Gourio (Boston University)

Dividend taxes, Partial Expensing and Business Fixed Investment: The Case of the Bush Tax Cuts
Alan Auerbach (University of California, Berkeley)
Eric Chaney (University of California, Berkeley)
Kevin Hassett (American Enterprise Institute)

Dividend Taxation and Intertemporal Tax Arbitrage
Anton Korinek (Columbia University)
Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University)

The Corporate Propensity to Save
Leigh Riddick (American University)
Toni Whited (University of Wisconsin at Madison)
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