Maxwell School Events Calendar

Webinars Events

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Aurora Echavarria

  December 05, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Aurora Echavarria (UCLA) will present. Discussion to follow with Luke Spreen (University of Maryland).

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Ankit Kalda

  November 21, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Ankit Kalda will present, “Partisan Inequality in Property Tax Assessments: A Fiscal Burden on Political Minorities.” Discussion to follow with Byron Lutz.

• Budgeting Mechanisms Workshop Series: Cheating on a Budget

  October 31, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Bradley Ruffle and William Zhang will discuss “Cheating on a Budget” with Denvil Duncan of IU-Bloomington and Zachry Mohr of the University of Kansas.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Caitlin Gorback

  October 17, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Caitlin Gorback (University of Texas) will present, “The Financial Consequences of Wanting to Own a Home.” Discussion to follow with Nathan Seegert (University of Utah). 

• Budgeting Mechanisms Workshop Series: Business, Labor and Local Government

  September 26, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Sarah Anzia of UC Berkely will discuss “Business, Labor and Local Government” with George Krauss of the University of Georgia.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Caleb Wroblewski

  September 12, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Caleb Wroblewski (University of California Berkley) will present, “The Incidence and Efficiency of Land Value Taxation.”

• Budgeting Mechanisms Workshop Series: Resolving the Puzzle of Weak Fiscal Rules

  August 29, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Andrew Berryhill will present “Resolving the Puzzle of Weak Fiscal Rules: Time Inconsistency, Political Incentives, and Asymmetric Information.” Discuss to follow with Mark Stater and Ping Zhang.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Soomi Lee

  May 02, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Soomi Lee (University of La Verne) will present “Welfare Consequences of Mobility Restrictions in the Tiebout Model: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach.”

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Huaizhi Chen

  April 04, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Huaizhi Chen (University of Notre Dame) will present “Assessing Assessors.” Discussion will follow with Carlos Avenancio-Leon (UC San Diego).

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Emily Horton

  March 07, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Emily Horton (University of Michigan) will present “Are Tax Benefits Priced Into Home Values?” Discussion will follow with Wenli Li (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia).

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Geoffrey Propheter

  February 21, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Geoffrey Propheter (University of Colorado Denver) will present “Does Centralization Matter?” Discussion will follow with Yilin Hou (Syracuse University).

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Kelly Bishop

  February 07, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Kelly Bishop (Arizona State University) will present “Tax Policy and the Heterogeneous Costs of Homeownership.”

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Cameron LaPoint

  December 06, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Cameron LaPoint (Yale University) will present “Picking Up the PACE: Loans for Residential Climate-Proofing.”

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Yilin Hou

  November 22, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Yilin Hou (Syracuse University) will present “Tax Streams, Land Rents, and Urban Land Allocation.”

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Thomas Brosy

  November 01, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Thomas Brosy (Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center) will present “Property Taxes and the Great Recession: The Role of Property Tax Limits.”

• The Digital Deception Landscape: Academic Insights on Misinformation and Deepfakes

  October 30, 2024, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This webinar will engage expert discussion that critically analyzes the evolving landscape of misinformation, focusing on the role of deepfakes and AI-driven content.

• Election 2024: American Democracy at the Crossroads - A Centennial Election Event

  October 25, 2024, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Election 2024: American Democracy at the Crossroads, a conversation about the campaigns and consequences of the presidential election.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Amrita Kulka

  October 18, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Amrita Kulka (Univ. of Warwick) will present, "Under the (neighbor)Hood: Understanding Interactions Among Zoning Regulations.” Discussion will follow with Nathaniel Baum-Snow (Univ. of Toronto).

• Bureaucracies At War

  October 08, 2024, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Daniel Detzi will present at the October Institutional Grammar Research Initiative (IGRI) research seminar.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Shinya Inukai

  October 04, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Shinya Inukai will present “Effects of Shrinking Population on Local Government and Housing Markets: Evidence from Japan” and “Impact of Intergovernmental Fund Transfers on Local Public Finance.”