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I'm an Economics Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley focusing on public finance topics at the intersection of labor economics and macroeconomics. You can follow me on twitter @omzidar.
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- A Modern Corporate Tax
- The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective
- The Transitional Costs of Sectoral Reallocation: Evidence From the Clean Air Act and the Workforce
- Top economists on whether we should tax capital income less than labor income
- Corporate Tax Reform: Is broadening the base and lowering the rate always a good idea?
- Apple, Avoidance, and Corporate Tax Incidence
- Valuing The Vote: Evidence from the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Great Questions from Paul Krugman
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- Andrew Samwick
- Austin Goolsbee
- Brad Delong
- Calculated Risk
- Donald Marron
- Economist – Democracy in America
- Economist – Free Exchange
- Economix
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- Felix Salmon
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
How the Electoral College Influences Campaigns and Policy
Here’s a cool paper that “analyzes how US presidential candidates should allocate resources across states to maximize the probability of winning the election, by developing and estimating a probabilistic-voting model of political competition under the Electoral College system.” Actual campaigns act in close … Continue reading
Jonathan Chait’s Case for Obama
The Case for Obama: Why He is a Great President. Yes, Great. I decided to support Barack Obama pretty early in the Democratic primary, around spring of 2007. But unlike so many of his supporters, I never experienced a kind … Continue reading
Electoral Vote Forecast from Votamatic
A friend told me about this site today – looks pretty interesting (and roughly consistent with 538).
Enrico Moretti on the Future of Manufacturing
Q: Both presidential candidates pledge to restore the U.S. manufacturing industry. Some economists say that’s essential; others say it’s impossible. What’s your take? A: The last two years have been good years for manufacturing employment, but they are the exception. … Continue reading
How much higher would taxes have to be to fund all state and local pension promises? ~1,400 per household per year
Robert Novy-Marx and Josh Rauh have a new NBER working paper out that suggests that filling the pension gap for state and local governments costs roughly ~1,400 per household every year. We calculate increases in contributions required to achieve full … Continue reading
What determines productivity? The management practices hypothesis
Both as part of the third year labor group with David Card and the macro reading group with Yuriy Gododnichenko, we’ve been thinking a lot about productivity and why some firms are more productive than others. This issue is key to understanding why we observe … Continue reading
5 Videos I want to watch
Krugman and Stiglitz Larry Summers et al at the Economist’s Buttonwood 2012 Stanford’s SIEPER talk on California’s fiscal health Ray Dalio explains his basic macro framework Kennedy Nixon Debate
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David Leonhardt on a Decade of Income Stagnation
Leonhardt covers a very important issue that hasn’t gotten enough attention in the presidential race. The solutions aren’t easy and the stakes are huge. You really should read it. Source: NYTIMES
5 Lines I liked from the Economist’s debate coverage
1. “Purple, my gut says that the idea of overwhelming military superiority is a salve to a shaky national ego bruised from years of economic weakness, and this is why Mr Romney’s boneheaded intransigence about military spending works in his … Continue reading
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Why are women paid less – interview with labor economist Francine Blau
The Atlantic has an interesting interview with Francine Blau, a labor economist at Cornell, about the male-female wage gap. Here are some highlights: In 1950, women earned about 60% less. Today, that figure is around 77%. Adjusting for human capital brings … Continue reading
