The Texas Empirical Policy Conference (TEPC) is a forum for interdisciplinary scholarship on contemporary policy from the fields of heath economics, education reform, meta-analysis, law, etc. The prior conference (previously known as the ALI conference, which can be found here) explored the role of policies in education, finance, entrepreneurship, and energy. The 2023 conference will build on past efforts using empirical and analytic tools to understand policies and their incentives.
We encourage economists, legal scholars, business school researchers, policy researchers, as well as industry experts to attend the workshop.
Agenda:
9:00am – Breakfast
10:00 am – 10:45am – Judge Glock, Manhattan Institute
Netting Out Taxes and Transfers to U.S. Households – Watch Video
11:00am – 11:45am – Carlos Esquivel, Rutgers
Underinvestment and Capital Misallocation under Sovereign Risk – Watch Video
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch
Student Research Assistants Poster Presentations
1:15pm – 2:00pm – Vladimir Smirnyagin, Yale
The Growing Importance of Universities for Patenting and Innovation – Watch Video
2:15pm – 3:00pm – David Beheshti, UTSA
What Causes Geographic Variation in Drug Prescribing? Evidence from Physician Migration – Watch Video
3:15pm – 3:45pm, Afternoon coffee break
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Keynote: Casey Mulligan, Chicago
Prices and Policies in Opioid Markets – Watch Video