I am an applied microeconomist. My research interests include individual and corporate responses to taxation, retirement saving incentives, inequality, and regional economics. I received my PhD in economics from Georgetown University in May 2016.
CV as of April 2018 is available here.
WORKING PAPERS
"Household Incomes in Tax Data: Using Addresses to Move from Tax Unit to Household Income Distributions," with Jeff Larrimore and David Splinter -- January 2017. Finance and Economics Discussion Series: 2017-002. Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
“Bunching to Maximize Tax Credits: Evidence from the U.S. Tax Schedule,” with Andrew Whitten -- February 2018. [Coverage from the Wall Street Journal here.]
“The Effect of Required Minimum Distribution Rules on Withdrawals from Individual Retirement Accounts,” with Heidi Schramm and Andrew Whitten -- November 2016. [Online appendix here.]
"All Income is Not Created Equal: Cross-Tax Elasticities in the US," -- Draft as of March 2016.
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PUBLICATIONS"Whose Child is This? Shifting of Dependents Among EITC Claimants Within the Same Household," National Tax Journal, December 2017, 70 (4), 737-757, with David Splinter [lead author] and Jeff Larrimore.
"Income and Earnings Mobility in U.S. Tax Data," with Jeff Larrimore and David Splinter, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: 2015 Community Development Research Conference, pages 482-516. [Previous version: Fed Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2015-061.] "Recent Income Trends for Top Executives: Evidence from Tax Return Data," National Tax Journal, December 2013, 66 (4), 913–938, with Seth H. Giertz. "Attaching the Left Tail: A New Profile of Income for Persons who do not Appear on Federal Income Tax Returns," in the 2009 National Tax Association Proceedings, with James Cilke, Jonathan Zytnick, and Michael Udell. [Coverage from Forbes here, and Tax Policy Center here.] "The Effect of Recent Tax Changes on Taxable Income: Correction and Update,'" with Bradley Heim, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. | ||||