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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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- Betsey Stevenson appointed to CEA
- Declining Labor Shares and Rising Corporate Profits
- The Decline in Retirement Security: Two Interesting Graphs from Carola Binder
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Tag Archives: Investment
Great Questions from Paul Krugman
Why have profits been so strong in a weak economy? Why, with profits so high, don’t businesses find reason to invest more (equipment investment is actually fairly strong, but construction remains weak). (For the seriously wonkish, why do average and marginal … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporations, Equity Markets, Investment, Paul Krugman, Profits
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Do Dividend Tax Cuts Increase Investment and Hiring?
Abstract: Policymakers frequently propose to use capital tax reform to stimulate investment and increase labor earnings. This paper tests for such real impacts of the 2003 dividend tax cut – one of the largest reforms ever to a U.S. capital … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Yagan, Investment, Jobs, Labor, Tax Reform, Taxes, Wages
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How much cash are companies sitting on? More than a trillion
According to Lloyd Blankfein’s WSJ op-ed, cash holdings of non-financial companies amount to more than a trillion. Cash holdings have been high for the past few years, but I haven’t looked at the numbers on this lately and I found … Continue reading
Is College a Good Investment?
Last night, I went to a debate on the value of college and relied heavily on some great work by the Hamilton project. On average, college is a fantastic investment. Here’s why: 1. Benefit vs Cost: Benefit: 450K in PDV based … Continue reading
A five point economic strategy from Larry Summers
Before getting to his 5 point economic plan, Summers argued that despite its central importance as a precautionary measure, initiating a long term debt reduction deal today, unlike in 1993, cannot be supposed to constitute a growth strategy going forward. … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Policy, Education, Energy, Investment, Jobs, larry summers, Tax Reform, Taxes
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Noahpinion: College is mostly about human capital, not signaling
Noahpinion: College is mostly about human capital, not signaling. Interesting take on the benefits of college.
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Tagged College, Education, Human Capital, Investment, Labor, Noahpinion
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Time to Invest
People, companies, and governments should invest when it’s cheap to do so. Most commentators have been focusing on the need to invest in U.S. infrastructure. While more infrastructure investment is certainly worthwhile, these two stories reminded me that our human … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Rampell, College, Economic Policy, Education, Great Recession, Investment
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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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