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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. My current research focus is on the interaction of corporate taxation, firm location decisions, and the location and scale of economic activity. You can follow me on twitter @omzidar.
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Recent Posts
- On Keeping Your Powder Dry: Fiscal Foundations of Financial and Price Stability
- Why Politicians Love Getting on TV: Words Rewarded Just as Much as Results
- One thing I learned in Hanover this weekend – UK Housing Subsidies Edition
- Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Great Britain and the United States since 1850
- Burying Supply-Side Once and for All by Neera Tanden
- Will Housing Save the U.S. Economy? by Amir Sufi
- Betsey Stevenson appointed to CEA
- Declining Labor Shares and Rising Corporate Profits
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- RT @qz: A startup’s plan to make US health care cheaper: Tell people what it costs qz.com/95516 23 hours ago
- RT @davidmwessel: CBO. If Senate immigration bill becomes law, GDP would be 3.3% bigger in 2023 that it would otherwise be http://t.co/mR5… 23 hours ago
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- Calculated Risk
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- Economist – Democracy in America
- Economist – Free Exchange
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- Felix Salmon
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- Greg Mankiw
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Tag Archives: inflation
Inflation & Economic Slack
From Paul Krugman
2 Quick Takes on International Stories in the WSJ
1. Global Currency Tensions Rise Abe says Japan must defend “itself against attempts by other governments to devalue their currencies by ensuring the yen weakens as well.” I’m curious to see if the combination of these pressures in the US, … Continue reading
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Tagged Currency, Euro, France, Germany, Hiring Credits, inflation, International, Japan, Monetary Policy
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Why are health and education costs exploding? Clues from Long Run Relative Prices
This isn’t the prettiest chart I’ve ever made, but it’s quite important. It shows that health (shades of blue) and education (green) prices have increased nearly 7X more than durable goods prices (reddish colors) since early 1980s. This massive increase … Continue reading
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Tagged Baumol's cost, CPI, Education, Healthcare, inflation, Productivity
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Falling Interest Rates
The secular decline in rates since the Volker era is quite striking. Besides factors related to the great moderation and the global savings glut, I wonder how much of this trend is due to the USD’s exorbitant privilege in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Globalization, Great Moderation, inflation, Interest Rates, Investment, Markets, Paul Volker, Savings
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