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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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- Horrible Situation, Interesting Economics Experiment
- 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
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Tag Archives: Research
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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Links for Today: Fiscal Cliff, Effectiveness of Savings Incentives, & Banking
Absolutely everything you need to know about the fiscal cliff from Wonkblog Study Questions Tax Breaks’ Effect on Retirement Savings by Annie Lowrie Banking Must not be Left in the Shadows by Gary Gorton via Mark Thoma
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Tagged Annie Lowrie, Banking, Brad Plumer, Dylan Matthews, Ezra Klein, Financial Regulation, Fiscal Cliff, Gary Gorton, Mark Thoma, Research, Retirement, Savings, Suzy Khimm, Taxes, wonkblog
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Tax Cuts for Whom? Heterogeneous Effects of Income Tax Changes on Growth & Employment
Here are slides from my 10/1/2012 presentation at Berkeley. Abstract: This paper investigates how tax changes for different income groups affect macroeconomic activity. Using historical tax return data from NBER’s TAXSIM, I construct a measure of who received (or who paid … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Fiscal Cliff, Growth, inequality, Jobs, NYTimes, Research, Tax Cuts for Whom, Tax Reform, Taxes
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Which tax cuts stimulate the economy?
David Cay Johnston of Reuters covered my research today: Tax cuts are the key to job creation, or so Mitt Romney, running mate Paul Ryan and the 2012 Republican platform all say. But what does the empirical evidence show? Is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, David Cay Johnston, Fiscal Cliff, Growth, Jobs, Research, Romney, Tax Cuts for Whom, Taxes
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