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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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- 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
- Do Higher Corporate Taxes Reduce Wages? Micro Evidence from Germany
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Tag Archives: Innovation
Do fixed patent terms distort innovation? Evidence from cancer clinical trials
A new paper from Heidi Williams, Eric Budish, and Benjamin N. Roin: ABSTRACT: Patents award innovators a fixed period of market exclusivity, e.g., 20 years in the United States. Yet, since in many industries firms file patents at the time of discovery … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin N. Roin, Eric Budish, Healthcare, Heidi Williams, Innovation, patents, Productivity
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How Much Do Wages Go Up When Profit Increases by a Dollar?
Given the interest in the rise of robots, shrinking labor shares and the owners of capital, I thought I’d highlight a Van Reenen paper that David Card suggested we read on the link between firm profitability and wages. It looks at at … Continue reading
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Tagged David Card, Innovation, JOHN VAN REENEN, Middle Class, Paul Krugman, Profits, Robots, Wages
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Why Edward Conard of Bain Capital is wrong about Inequality and Capital Income Taxation
Edward Conard, a former Managing Director at Bain Capital, has been creating quite a stir with his new book, Unintended Consequences. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I’ve read this article in the NYTimes about it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bain Capital, capital income taxation, Edward Conard, Growth, Innovation, Tax Reform, Taxes
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When the techies come to town…
The NY Times recently put out an alarmist article about the inflow of tech workers from Twitter and other startups moving into the city. While some of the concerns it raised about maintaining a vibrant and diverse neighborhood are completely … Continue reading
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Tagged Enrico Moretti, Innovation, Jobs, Labor, Local Labor Markets, States, Tax Policy, Taxes
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