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American Economic Policy in the 1990’s
June 27-30, 2001
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Conference Co-Chairs: Jeffrey
Frankel, Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Peter Orszag, President, Sebago Associates, Inc.
Conference Host: Ira A. Jackson, Director, Center for Business and Government
WEDNESDAY JUNE 27, 2001
12-1:00 pm Registration
1:00-1:15 pm Welcome
Dean Joseph S. Nye
Ira A. Jackson
Jeffrey Frankel
1:15-2:45 pm Health Policy and Tobacco Policy
| Chair: Richard Zeckhauser |
Panelists: Chris Jennings, Victor Fuchs, KipViscusi
| "Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy" | |
| Authors: David Cutler and Jon Gruber |
2:45-3:00 pm Break
3:00-4:30 pm Medicare Policy
Chair: Josh Gotbaum
Panelists: Robert Reischauer, Nancy Ann DeParle, Mark McClellan
| "Medicare" | |
| Author: Joseph Newhouse |
4:30-5:00 pm Break
5:00-6:30 pm Public Forum: International Finance and Crises in Emerging Markets Chair: Joseph S. Nye
Panelists: Stanley Fischer, Larry Summers, Allan Meltzer
| "Between
Meltdown and Moral Hazard: The International Monetary and Financial
Policies of the Clinton Administration" •Accompanying Figures |
|
| Authors: Barry Eichengreen and Brad DeLong |
6:30-7:30 pm Reception
THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2001
8:00-8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00 am Environmental Policy
Chair: Richard Schmalensee
Panelists: George Frampton, Paul Portney, Murray Weidenbaum
| "National Environmental Policy During the Clinton Years" | |
| Authors: Robert Hahn and Robert Stavins |
10:00-10:15 am Break
10:15-11:45am Energy Policy
Chair: Bill Hogan
Panelists: Philip Sharp, Charles Curtis, Daniel Yergin
| "Energy Policy During the 1990s" | |
| •Accompanying Figures | |
| •Accompanying Tables | |
| Author: Paul Joskow |
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch
1:15-2:45 pm Anti-trust Policy
Chair: Ira Jackson
Panelists: Robert Pitovsky, Richard Schmalensee, Robert Willig
| "Antitrust
Policy in the Clinton Administration" •Accompanying Charts •Accompanying Tables |
|
| Authors: Robert Litan and Carl Shapiro |
2:45-3:15 pm Break
3:15-4:45 pm Information Technology Policy and the New Economy
Chair: Dale Jorgenson
Panelists: Martin Baily, Esther Dyson, Paul Romer
| "Information Policy
in the Clinton Years" • Accompanying Figures |
|
| Authors: Pam Samuelson and Hal Varian |
4:45-5:00 pm Break
5:00-6:30 pm Monetary Policy & Financial Markets
Chair: Robert Glauber
Panelists: Alan Blinder, Bill Poole, Alice Rivlin
| "U.S. Monetary Policy During
the 1990s" •Accompanying Figure |
|
| Author: Greg Mankiw |
6:30-7:15 pm Open evening
FRIDAY JUNE 29, 2001
8:30-9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:30 am White House Institutions
Chair: Roger Porter
Panelists: Glen Hubbard, Sylvia Matthews, Gene Sperling
| "The Process of Economic Policy Making During the Clinton Administration" | |
| Authors: Jon Orszag, Peter Orszag and Laura Tyson |
10:30-10:45 am Break
10:45-12:15 pm International Trade Policy
Chair: Richard Cooper
Panelists: Charlene Barshefsky, Jagdish Bhagwati, Lael Brainard
| "International Trade Policy in the 1990s" | |
| Author: Robert Lawrence |
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
1:45-3:15 pm Tax Policy
Chair: Martin Feldstein
Panelists: Henry Aaron, Bill Niskanen, Leonard Burman
| "Tax Policy from 1990 to 2001" | |
| Author: Gene Steuerle |
3:15-3:45 pm Break
3:45-5:15 pm Public Forum: Fiscal Policy and Social Security
Chair: Peter Diamond
Panelists: Martin Feldstein, Rudolph Penner, Robert Rubin
| "Fiscal Policy and Social Security Policy During the 1990s" | |
| Authors: Doug Elmendorf, Jeff Liebman, David Wilcox |
5:15-6:00 pm Reception
6:00 pm Dinner
SATURDAY JUNE 30, 2001
8:30-9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:30 am Labor Policy and Education Policy
Chair: Larry Katz
Panelists: Larry Mishel, Roger Porter, Robert Reich
| "Putting Students
and Workers First? Education and Labor Policy in the 1990s"
•Accompanying Figures and Tables (in Excel) |
|
| Authors: Alan Krueger and Cecelia Rouse |
10:30-10:45 am Break
10:45-12:15 pm Poverty and Welfare Reform
Chair: Robert Solow
Panelists: Robert Greenstein, Ronald Haskins, Bruce Reed
| "The Clinton Legacy for America's Poor" | |
| Authors: Rebecca Blank and David Ellwood |
12:15-12:30 pm Closing Comments
Conference Volume Co-Editors: Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag
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