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20th Annual 2017 UNC Tax Symposium

Sponsored by the KMPG Foundation, the James C. and Ethel M. Crone Fund in Tax Excellence, and the UNC Tax Center


Date Time Event
7
Friday
April, 2017
7:00 – 9:00 AM
Breakfast – Dubose House
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration – Loudermilk Hall, Room 107
9:00 – 12:00 AM

Title – Kinky Tax Policy and Abnormal Investment Behavior

Authors:
Qiping Xu, University of Notre Dame
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago (presenting)

Discussant:
Martin Jacob, HWU – Otto Beishein School of Management

Moderator:
Ed Maydew, University of North Carolina

10:20 – 10:40 AM
Break
10:40 – 12:00 PM

Title-Is the Cash Locked Out? Evidence from U.S. Multinational Tax Filings

Authors:
Christine L. Dobridge, Federal Reserve Board of Governors (presenting)
Paul S. Landefeld, Joint Committee on Taxation

Discussant:
Brady Williams, University of Texas

Moderator:
Jennifer Blouin, University of Pennsylvania

12:00 – 1:15 PM
Lunch – DuBose House
1:15 – 2:35 PM

Title – Panel on U.S. Tax Reform

Panelists:
Michael Devereux, Oxford University
Chris Hanna, Senate Committee on Finance
John McClelland, Department of the Treasury
Peter Merrill, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Moderator:
Michelle Hanlon, MIT

2:35 – 2:55 PM
Break
2:55 – 4:15 PM

Title – The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Stock Returns around CEO Stock Gifts to Family Members

Authors:
Jennifer L. Brown, Arizona State University
G. Ryan Huston, Arizona State University (presenting)
Brian S. Wenzel, Arizona State University

Discussant:
Shane Heitzman, University of Southern California

Moderator:
Scott Dyreng, Duke University

4:15 – 4:35 PM
Break
4:35 – 5:35 PM

Keynotes Address:

Terry Shevlin, University of California, Irvine

5:35 – 7:00 PM
Reception – Dubose House
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Dinner – Dubose House
8
Saturday
April, 2017
7:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast – Dubose House
8:30 AM – 9:50 AM

Title – Tax Information Exchange and Offshore Eentities: Evidence from the Panama Papers

Authors:
Jim Omartian, University of North Carolina

Discussant:
Neils Johannesen, University of Copenhagen

Moderator:
Jeff Hoopes, University of North Carolina

9:50 – 10:10 AM
Break
10:10 AM – 11:30 AM

Title – Pre-IPO Trusts, Private Information, and Corporate Spillover

Authors:
Michael Dambra, University at Buffalo
Matthew Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University
Phillip Quinn, University of Washington (presenting)

Discussant:
Brad Hendricks, University of North Carolina

Moderator:
Ed Maydew, University of North Carolina

11:30 AM
Lunch – Dubose House
12:30 PM
Transport to RDU

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Past

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