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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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- Great Questions from Paul Krugman
- Do Higher Corporate Taxes Reduce Wages? Micro Evidence from Germany
- Local Economic Development, Agglomeration Economies and the Big Push: 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority
- It Takes a Regime Shift: Recent Developments in Japan through the Lens of the Great Depression
- The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
- Worker Flows Over the Business Cycle: the Role of Firm Quality
- Does Entrepreneurship Pay? The Michael Bloombergs, the Hot Dog Vendors, and the Returns to Self-Employment
- Large Variation in Hospital Billing: Three Preliminary Takeaways from New U.S. Data
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Tag Archives: Government
Labs of Democracy & Today’s Fiscal Policy Debates
Here’s my latest Economix column on the labs of democracy & today’s fiscal policy debates on uncertainty, spending, and spending vs taxes: Many of the fiercest disagreements about fiscal policy today stem from disagreements about the causes of the slow … Continue reading
The Medicare Eligibility Age: Demographics and Medical Care Spending
In contrast to Social Security Reform, we do not find a large effect of potential increases in the age of eligibility on the long-term ability to finance medical spending. This is partly because the oldest old spend much more on … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Auerbach, David Culter, Demographics, Fiscal Cliff, Fiscal Policy, Government, Healthcare, inequality, Louise Sheiner, Medicare, Ronald Lee, Spending
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Output Spillovers from Fiscal Policy
From Alan Auerbach and Yuriy Gorodnichenko: It’s tough out there for policymakers seeking to stabilize economies, and shocks from abroad aren’t helping. This column argues that for countries hit by recession, fiscal stimulus in another country might significantly stimulate demand … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Auerbach, Europe, Fiscal Policy, Government, Multipliers, Recession, Yuriy Gorodnichenko
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Lessons from a Half Century of Federal Individual Income Tax Changes
This chart shows how income tax liabilities have changed each year for the five income quintiles over the past half century. Here are a few things to notice: We love cutting income taxes. Almost all of the changes are tax … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Growth, economy, Fiscal Cliff, Government, Income Growth, Jobs, Middle Class, NBER, payroll taxes, Politics, Tax Cuts for Whom, Tax Reform, Taxes
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Interesting Paragraph from Ed Glaeser
Economist Matthew Kahn of UCLA has studied the death tolls from natural disasters. He found that where governments are more capable, fewer people die. This makes me worry about the fate of cities in the developing world that are just as subject to natural … Continue reading
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Tagged cities, Ed Glaeser, Government, Matthew Kahn, natural disasters, Research
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Job Growth: Obama Recovery much better than Bush in Private Sector
To understand the competing claims about job growth under Obama and Bush, you really need to look at these two graphs (from Paul Krugman) that separate private and public employment. Key Points Private sector job growth is much more impressive … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, Government, Growth, Jobs, Obama, Paul Krugman, Recovery, Stimulus
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Risk Premia
Brad Delong has an interesting article in which he blames today’s large risk premia on the failure of institutions. The government isn’t providing adequate fiscal and monetary support and financial institutions aren’t working in a way that “mobilizes risk bearing … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Delong, Government, Government Spending, Markets, Risk, Risk Premia
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