Thank you for attending the 112th Annual Conference at the Tampa Marriott Water Street in Tampa, FL last week. In an effort to help NTA improve future Annual Conferences, please fill out this short survey by Friday, December 20th. It should take no more than 10 minutes.

As a thank you for filling out the survey, we will select one winner from survey respondents for a FREE Annual Conference registration for the 2020 Annual Conference in Denver, November 19 - 21.

Thank you for your time and your continued support of NTA!

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* 1. Overall, what was your level of satisfaction with the Annual Conference?

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* 2. The Annual Conference offers attendees a number of different opportunities. Please rank the following conference opportunities on a scale of 1 – 6, 1 indicates the opportunity you value most, 6 indicates the opportunity you value the least.

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* 3. How important were the following in your decision to attend the Annual Conference?

  Very Important Somewhat Important Neutral Somewhat Unimportant Not At All Important
Conference registration fee
Travel and hotel cost
Luncheon speakers
I was presenting a paper, was on a panel or was otherwise participating in an official capacity
Location
Networking with others in the field

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* 4. Please rate the overall quality of the special sessions from the Annual Conference.

  Excellent Good Neutral Fair Poor N/A - I didn't attend
Keynote with Joel Slemrod: Tax Follies and Wisdom Through the Ages
Plenary: Capital Wealth and Taxation
Presidential Address and Annual NTA Meeting
Keynote with Emmanuel Saez: The Triumph of Injustice: Lessons for Distributional Tax Analysis
Plenary: In Honor of Louis Kaplow, Holland Award Recipient
Graduate Student Research Forum (Poster Session)
Short Course: The Behavioral Economics of Taxation

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* 5. How would you rate the concurrent sessions?

  Excellent Good Neutral Fair Poor N/A
The quality of the research presented
The overall number of sessions presented
The amount of time in each session for audience participation
The overall scheduling of sessions, with respect to each other

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* 8. If you submitted a paper, did you find it easy to identify an area of specialization for your paper to be submitted to?

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* 9. Do you have any suggestions for improving the submissions process?

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* 10. Please indicate your level of agreement regarding the NTA Annual Conference sessions.

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree or Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
It's difficult to get work accepted for the NTA conference.
Sessions that are 90 minutes in length should have no more than 3 - 4 papers.
Sessions should include discussants for each paper.
Discussants should be removed from the NTA conference sessions.
NTA should have more sessions devoted specifically to graduate student papers.

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* 12. What did you think of Tampa Marriott Water Street hotel as a conference venue?

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* 13. Where would you like to see future NTA Annual Conferences held?

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* 14. Please leave any general comments about the Annual Conference that would help us improve future Annual Conferences.

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* 15. Please leave your name and email address if you would like to be entered into the drawing for a free 2020 Annual Conference registration. 

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