About
I'm an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Faculty Research Fellow at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the Public economics group. You can follow me on twitter @omzidar.
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Recent Posts
- Who were the top taxpayers in 1923?
- Trump won in counties that lost jobs to China and Mexico
- The Effect of Pension Income on Elderly Earnings: Evidence from Social Security and Full Population Data
- Why Retire When You Can Work? Hours are way up for elderly workers
- Zip-code Economics
- Financial firms make large share of pass-through income
- Pass-through income and the top 1%
- Quantitative Spatial Economics
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Tag Archives: NBER
Shift in Payouts of Corporate Profits Has Major Revenue and Tax-Reform Consequences
Here is a NBER discussion of some my recent work on tax policy and the economy In 1980, about 80 percent of business income went to traditional corporations, but research presented at the NBER’s annual Tax Policy and the Economy Conference … Continue reading
Posted in Local Tax Incentives, Taxes, Uncategorized
Tagged business taxes, Corporate Taxes, Local Tax Policy, NBER
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Theory and Application of Network Models
Summer Institute 2014 Theory and Application of Network Models.
A Century of U.S. Central Banking: Goals, Frameworks, Accountability
From Ben Bernanke: I’d like to thank the National Bureau of Economic Research for organizing this conference in recognition of the Federal Reserve’s centennial, and I’m glad to have the opportunity to participate. In keeping with the spirit of the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Ben Bernanke, Central Banking, Economic History, Monetary Policy, NBER
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Gas Taxes and Air Pollution: Issues with Uniform Taxation
NBER Digest reporter Claire Brunel covers a new paper by Christopher Knittel and Ryan Sandler on gas taxes and air pollution that makes an interesting point (see the end of the post in bold) about uniform gas taxes. While some have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Air Pollution, Christopher Knittel, Claire Brunel, Environment, Gas Taxes, NBER, Ryan Sandler, Taxes
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Are We Sending the Best and Brightest to College?
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers have an interesting column today in Bloomberg View: The real crisis in American higher education is that our best colleges never see a large chunk of our smartest students. In an important recent study, the economists Caroline … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsey Stevenson, Caroline Hoxby, Christopher Avery, College, Education, inequality, Justin Wolfers, Middle Class, NBER, Sarena Goodman
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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
Posted in Uncategorized
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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