Financing Municipalities in New England: Revisiting the State-Local Relationship December 5, 2007
This conference investigated the fiscal relationship between New England's state and municipal governments and discussed potential strategies to finance municipalities. Specifically, speakers examined the design of municipal aid formulas and addressed the potential impact of adopting local option sales taxes.

Covering the Uninsured: Costs, Benefits, and Policy Alternatives for New England December 5, 2006
The conference convened a select group of key stakeholders including policymakers, insurers, hospital administrators, employers, public health advocates, and health policy researchers from across all six New England states and the nation.

Housing and the Economy in Greater Boston: Trends, Impacts, and Potential Responses May 22, 2006
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's New England Public Policy Center and The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government held a half-day event on Housing and the Economy: Trends, Impacts, and Potential Responses.

Fueling the Future: Energy Policy in New England December 2, 2005
This conference focused on the key energy policy issues facing New England and brought together legislators, analysts, and other interested parties in a dialogue about the potential policies that could help address them.

Economic Perspectives on State and Local Taxes October 17, 2005
Co-sponsored with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, this interactive seminar for legislators from the New England states focused on the economic perspectives of state and local tax reform and relief initiatives.

Economic Perspectives on Property Taxation and Education Finance May 6, 2005
Co-sponsored with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, this interactive seminar for legislators from the New England states focused on the economic perspectives on property taxes and education finance.

Sustaining the Boston Renaissance April 27, 2005
Co-sponsored with the Rappaport Institute, this conference featured Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and a panel of local business and civic leaders and researchers.

Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality March 30, 2005
Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum at the Heller School of Brandeis University, this conference focused on whether government should mandate nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals and what the potential impact of such ratios would be.