Stanford
Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

Conference on Budget Analysis and Public Policy

Hosted by SIEPR

Event Details:

Monday, August 10, 2026 - Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Location

John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building
366 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305
United States

Contact

SIEPR Events Team

This event is open to:

By Invitation Only

The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) is excited to host a workshop on Budget Analysis and Public Policy. 

This workshop -- with a schedule co-organized by Jeffrey Kling (CBO), Neale Mahoney (Stanford/SIEPR), Valerie Ramey (Hoover), and Heidi Williams (Dartmouth) -- aims to bring together a diverse group of outside researchers to engage with and provide feedback to a team of around 20 economists and policy analysts from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), focused on financial analysis-related topics of active Congressional interest including student loans, federal mortgage guarantees, and spectrum auctions.

Schedule

Monday, August 10, 2026

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    Introduction

    Neale Mahoney, Trione Director of SIEPR and Professor of Economics

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    Josh Rauh on discount rates

     

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    Break

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    Student Loans

    • 3:00-4:00pm: CBO staff presentation
    • 4:00-4:15pm: Outside discussant #1: Tim de Silva, Stanford University
    • 4:15-4:30pm: Outside discussant #2: Lesley Turner, University of Chicago
    • 4:30-5:00pm: Group discussion
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    Break

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    Working Dinner

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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    Working Breakfast

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    Mortgage guarantees

    • 9-10am: CBO staff presentation
    • 10-10:15am: Outside discussant #1: Andy Davidson, Andrew Davidson & Co.
    • 10:15-10:30am: Outside discussant #2: Ben Keys, University of Pennsylvania
    • 10:30-11am: Group discussion
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    Break

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    Working Lunch

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    Outside presentation by Gary Libecap (UC Santa Barbara) on federal land

    • 2-3pm: Libecap Presentation
    • 3-3:15pm: Outside discussant #1: Eric Biber (UC-Berkeley Law School)
    • 3:15-3:30pm: CBO discussant #2: Jeff Clemens (UC-San Diego)
    • 3:30-4pm: Group discussion
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    Break

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    Working Dinner

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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    Working Breakfast

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    Spectrum auctions

    • 8:30-9:30am: CBO staff presentation
    • 9:30-9:45am: Larry Ausubel (University of Maryland)
    • 9:45-10:00am: Greg Rosston (SIEPR)
    • 10:00-10:30am: Group discussion
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    Break

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    Paul Milgrom on market design for AI compute

    • Paul Milgrom, Stanford University
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    Working Lunch

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    Break

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    Concluding session: Cryptocurrency

    Three 30-minute segments. A lead speaker (12-15 minutes) in each segment, followed by a moderated open discussion. 

    Panelists:

    • Dan Awrey (Cornell Law School)
    • Rod Garratt (UC-Santa Barbara)
    • Haoxiang Zhu (MIT)

    Moderated by: Darrell Duffie (Stanford University)

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    Break

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    Working Dinner

Thursday, August 13, 2026

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    Workshop debrief [CBO staff only]

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