News and Announcements
A new paper by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman estimates that the top 1% of households fail to report about 21% of their income- and evades $175 billion in income tax annually. Read more
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In the 4th episode of EconoFact Chats, EconoFact’s Executive Editor Michael Klein interviews Maurice Obstfeld, Professor at U.C. Berkeley and the immediate past Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, on fiscal policy and the state of the economy. Listen to the podcast
Professor Martha Olney joins UCLA Forecast Senior Economist Leo Feler for a conversation about economic history and comparisons to the current recovery. Read the article and listen to the interview here.
Should women ask for more? Berkeley Economics Ph.D. candidate Nina Roussille on the ask gap and gender pay inequality. Watch the video here.
A new NBER working paper by Berkeley Economics Professor Barry Eichengreen and co-authors asks an important and timely question: Will COVID-19 renew or diminish the public trust in science? Read more and download the paper here.
Research and Teaching
New paper by Berkeley Economics Professor Sydnee Caldwell: “Tax Refund Uncertainty: Evidence and Welfare Implications”. Read it here.
New paper by Kimberly Clausing, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman: Ending corporate tax avoidance and tax competition: a plan to collect the tax deficit of multinationals. Read the paper
A new paper by Isabel Z. Martinez, Emmanuel Saez, and Michael Siegenthaler estimates intertemporal labor supply responses to two-year long income tax holidays staggered across Swiss cantons. Read more
Through analysis of the Band for International Settlements (BIS) Annual Economic Reports, Professor Barry Eichengreen traces the BIS’s views on exchange rates, capital flows and financial cycles in a new book. Read more
An innovative experiment in rural India targeted alleviating financial stress on short-term workers and fascinatingly, found a substantial increase in productivity for workers who have their financial strain eased by receiving part of their salary mid-way through their contract. By Berkeley Economics Professor Supreet Kaur. Read more
We're proud to share that Berkeley Economics professors Emi Nakamura and Chris Shannon were elected to join The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which recognizes the outstanding achievements of individuals in academia, the arts, business, government,and public affairs. Congratulations! To learn more about their work and of all UC Berkeley faculty members elected, read more.
