Maxwell School Events Calendar

Webinars Events

• 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.”

• The Process of Policy Seminar Series: Criminal Justice

  September 19, 2024, 6 p.m.-7 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This panel convenes a set of academics and practitioners that will discuss key policy issues in criminal justice.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: William Hoyt

  September 13, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  During this webinar, William Hoyt (University of Kentucky) will present “Estimation of Welfare Effects in Hedonic Difference-in-Differences: The Case of School Redistricting.”

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Francesco Ruggieri

  August 30, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Francesco Ruggieri will present "The Geography of the U.S. Property Tax" and "A Spatial Theory of Overlapping Local Governments." Discussion will follow with Troup Howard.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Koleman Strumpf

  May 10, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Koleman Strumpf (Wake Forest University) will present “Tax Flights.” Discussion will follow with Chris Berry (University of Chicago).

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Ruchi Singh

  May 03, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Ruchi Singh (University of Georgia) will present “Assessment Regressivity and the Homestead Exemption.” Discussion will follow with Luke Rodgers (Florida State University).

• The Israel-Iran Conflict: The Domestic and International Context

  April 24, 2024, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. EDT

  Virtual

  The enduring proxy warfare between Israel and Iran has now evolved into a direct military conflict. This panel will discuss the domestic & international political dimensions of the growing tensions.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Arpit Gupta

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

  Virtual

  Arpit Gupta (New York University) will present “Optimal Property Taxes." Discussion will follow with Walter D'Lima (Florida International University).

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Serena Xiao

  March 29, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Serena Xiao (Texas Tech University) will present “Real Estate Investors and Property Taxation." Discussion will follow with Daniel McMillen (University of Illinois Chicago).