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EC2450B Public Economics and Fiscal Policy

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2019

The class meets Tuesdays 6-8:45pm in M-16, starting Jan 29th. The TA is Eric Andersen (ericandersen@g.harvard.edu). Lecture and Section notes are posted here and on Canvas.

Syllabus

LECTURE NOTES

Lecture 1: Introduction to Graduate PF and Facts on Inequality, Taxes, and Mobility
Lectures 2 and 3: Optimal Income Taxation  
Lecture 4: Empirical Labor Supply Responses to Taxation
Lecture 5: Taxable Income Elasticities and Broader Effects of Taxation
Lecture 6: Optimal Transfers
Lecture 7: Guest Lecture by Xavier Gabaix   Part 2
Lecture 8: Social Preferences
Lecture 9: Tax Enforcement
Lecture 10: New Dynamic Public Finance
Lectures 11 and 12: Capital Taxation
Lecture 13: Social Security and Retirement

ASSIGNMENTS

Referee Report (due March 26th): Bierbrauer_Boyer    Martinez_Saez_Siegenthaler    Suarez    Tsyvinski_Werquin      
Guide to Writing Referee Reports

Paper Proposal (due May 8th): Paper Proposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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