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| AEI—INTERNATIONAL TAX POLICY FORUM SEMINAR; With a Keynote Address by Congressman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee |
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Monday, December 11, 2006
8:50 AM
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Monday, December 11, 2006
1:30 PM
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Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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At this conference, panelists will consider the distinguishing characteristics of “tax haven” countries, the use of tax havens by U.S. and foreign investors, and the economic impacts of tax havens on high-tax countries. Unilateral and multilateral policy responses will be discussed, including presentations by Bill Thomas, chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Mean Committee; Jeffrey Owens, director of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Center for Tax Policy and Administration; and Michel Aujean, the European Commission’s director for tax policy. |
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8:30 a.m. |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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Kevin A. Hassett, AEI |
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John Samuels, General Electric |
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9:00 |
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Panel I: Tax Havens Old and New |
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Panelists: |
James Hines, University of Michigan |
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Paul Oosterhuis, Skadden Arps |
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Moderator: |
Michael Graetz, Yale University Law School |
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9:50 |
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Panel II: Economic Effects of Tax Havens |
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Panelists: |
Mihir Desai, Harvard Business School |
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Mark Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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Martin Sullivan, Tax Analysts |
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Moderator: |
Alan Auerbach, University of California at Berkeley |
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10:50 |
Break |
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11:10 |
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Panel III: Policy Responses to Tax Havens |
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Panelists: |
Rosanne Altshuler, Rutgers University |
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Michel Aujean, European Commission |
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Will Morris, General Electric |
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Jeffrey Owens, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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Moderator: |
R. Glenn Hubbard, AEI and Columbia University |
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12:30 p.m. |
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Luncheon and Keynote Address |
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R. Glenn Hubbard, AEI and Columbia University |
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Speaker: |
The Honorable Bill Thomas, chairman, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee |
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1:30 |
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More Information
Cindy Soo
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5912
E-mail: csoo@aei.org
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Media Inquiries
Veronique Rodman
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-4870
E-mail: VRodman@aei.org
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