The Andrew Young School's Fourth The Andrew Young
School's Fourth Annual Conference on Public Finance Issues in an International Perspective:
The Challenges of Tax Reform in a Global Economy 
The conference "The Challenges of Tax Reform in a Global Economy" will be held on May 24-25, 2004, in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The conference -sponsored by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies- will bring together leading economics and tax experts from around the globe to discuss the issue of the "Tax Reform".
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| Presentation | Media | Section / Presentation Title / Presenter |
| Session 1: Taxation and Distribution | ||
| Presentation 1 |
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Alleviating Poverty with Taxes:
the tradeoffs between targeting and complexity in the US and Great Britain
Janet Holtzblatt |
| Presentation 2 |
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Coping with Inequality Arnold Harberger |
| Presentation 3 |
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Can Developing Countries Impose an Personal Income Tax? James Alm and Sally Wallace |
| Discussant |
|
Dagney Faulk |
| Session 2: The International Dimension | ||
| Presentation 4 |
|
Transfer Pricing and Tax Havens:
Mending the LDC Revenue Net Charles McLure |
| Presentation 5 |
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Taxation and Foreign Direct Investment Timothy Goodspeed |
| Discussant |
|
Rosanne Altshuler |
| Session 3: The Role of Tax Incentives | ||
| Presentation 6 |
|
Tax
Incentives Jack Mintz |
| Presentation 7 |
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International Tax Competition and Tax Incentives in Developing Countries Elisabeth Gugl and George Zodrow |
| Presentation 8 |
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Is Tax Competition Less Harmful with Preferential Treatment of Highly-Mobile Tax Bases?
John Douglas Wilson |
| Discussant |
|
Robert Chirinko |
| Session 4: Tax Structure Revisited | ||
| Presentation 9 |
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A Fresh Look at the VAT Kelly Edmiston and William Fox |
| Presentation 10 |
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The Property Tax in a New Environment:
Lessons from International Tax Reform Efforts Jane Malme and Joan Youngmann |
| Presentation 11 |
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Increasing Tax Effort in Developing Countries Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Richard Bird, and Benno Torgler |
| Discussant |
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Michael Rushton |
| Session 5: Doing It! | ||
| Presentation 12 |
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Explaining Tax Reform
Walter Hettich and Stanley Winer |
| Presentation 13 |
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Tax Administration and the Design of Tax Systems
Arindam Das-Gupta |
| Presentation 14 |
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Large Taxpayer Units and the VAT
William McCarten |
| Discussant |
|
Luc Noiset |
| Session 6: Closing Session | ||
| Presentation 15 |
|
How to Approach Comprehensive Tax Reform in the New Century
Roy Bahl |
For more information, please contact Mr. Paul Benson.
