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Second Annual Cato Papers on Public Policy Conference

Conference
June 7–8, 2012

The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

Conference Schedule | Registration

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Inaugurated last year, the Cato Papers on Public Policy is a volume of highly innovative articles by recognized national experts on contemporary economic and public policy issues - with a particular focus on critically evaluating the limits of government policies. In conjunction with the volume's creation, which will be published in November, the papers are initially presented and discussed at a public conference by the authors, a distinguished group of discussants, invited academics from around the country, local economists from government and think tanks, and members of the public. The topics that will be discussed at this year's Conference include:

Evidence to dispute the conventional wisdom that U.S. CEOs, top executives, and corporate governance are being paid more and more, and not being penalized for poor performance.
The 500% increase in the rate of imprisonment between 1970-2000 and an empirical approach to measuring how deterrence and incapacitation can affect crime reduction.
The effectiveness of the Term-Auction Facility program, one of the main tools used by the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis.
Analyzing how the French failure to monetize gold inflows in the late 1920s and early 1930s contributed to the overall reduction in world gold reserves and impacted the world price level.

Conference Schedule

Thursday, June 7

1:15 – 3:30 p.m.

Introduction and Welcome

Jeffrey Miron
Harvard University and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

An Evaluation of the Term Auction Facility Plan

Efraim Benmelech, Harvard University

Discussants:	Simon Gilchrist, Boston University
	Ross Levine, Brown University

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

The French Gold Sink and the Great Depression

Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College

Discussants:	Charles Calomiris, Columbia University
	James Hamilton, University of California, San Diego

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Wine and Cheese Reception

Friday, June 8

8: 00 – 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00 a.m

The General Equilibrium Effect of Mass Incarceration

Justin McCrary, University of California, Berkeley
Sarath Sanga, Yale University

Discussants:	Steve Durlauf, University of Wisconsin
	Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth College

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Some Facts About CEO Pay and Corporate Governance

Steve Kaplan, University of Chicago

Discussants:	Carola Frydman, Boston University
	Luke Taylor, University of Pennsylvania

Registration

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To register or for more information, call (202) 789-5229, fax (202) 371-0841, or send email.

Business attire is requested.

For more information about Cato events, please visit Event FAQs.

The Cato Institute is located on the southwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 10th Street.
There is on-street, metered parking around the Institute, as well as a lot located on the corner
of Eye and 10th Streets. We are approximately 5 blocks from Metro Center. Take the metro to Metro
Center and use the 11th Street exit. Walk north so the lettered streets get higher (H, Eye, K, L,
Massachusetts). Make a right on L Street, and walk about 1 block. (See map)