#  EC2906 Macro Public Reading Group 

 





 Semester:   Spring 

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 Year offered:  2019 

 

 

 

 A reading group in Macro and Public Economics organized by Emmanuel Farhi and Stefanie Stantcheva. In Spring 2019, we focus on wealth and capital taxation, misallocation, and declining dynamics.

 We meet Wednesdays 6-7 pm in M-17.

 For group logistics and joining the mailing list, please contact the student organizer, [Robert Siliciano](mailto:siliciano@g.harvard.edu).

 *For past reading groups and materials, go to:* [Classes](/classes)

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## Class Materials:

### Schedule and Reading List

Sort    **Date**   Presenters   Papers       Feb 27 

  [Ravi Jagadeesan](/file_url/283)

 

  Feldstein, Martin. 1978. "[The Welfare Cost of Capital Income Taxation](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1829755)." *Journal of Political Economy​​​​​​*, 86(2): 29-51​.

 Bulow, Jeremy and Lawrence Summers. 1984. "[The Taxation of Risky Assets](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1830544)." *Journal of Political Economy*. 92(1): 20-39.

 

    Mar 6 

  [Paul Fontanier and Armando Miano](/file_url/286) 

  Saez, Emmanuel and Stefanie Stantcheva. 2016. "[A Simpler Theory of Optimal Capital Taxation](https://www.nber.org/papers/w22664)." NBER Working Paper 22664.

 Saez, Emmanuel. 2002. "[The Desirability of Commodity Taxation Under Non-Linear Income Taxation and Heterogeneous Tastes](https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/desirability.pdf)." *Journal of Public Economics*. 83(2): 217-230.

 

    Mar 13 

  [Vu Chau and Robert Siliciano](/file_url/293) 

  Guvenen, Fatih, et al. 2017. "[Use It or Lose It: Efficiency Gains from Wealth Taxation](https://fguvenendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/gkkoc-2018_fg_v107.pdf)." Working paper.

 

    Mar 27 

  [Gabriel Unger and Maria Voronina](/file_url/296) 

  Decker, Ryan, et al. 2018. "[Changing Business Dynamism and Productivity: Shocks vs. Responsiveness](https://www.nber.org/papers/w24236)." NBER Working Paper 24236.

 

    Apr 3 

  [Shushu Liang and Anna Stansbury](/file_url/303) 

  De Loecker, Jan, et al. 2018. "[The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications](https://sites.google.com/site/deloeckerjan/research/RMP-DLEU.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1)." Working paper.

 

    Apr 17 

  [Martin Aragoneses and Jeffrey Wang](/file_url/304) 

  Hopenhayn, Hugo, et al. 2018. "[From Population Growth to Firm Demographics: Implications for Concentration, Entrepreneurship and the Labor Share](https://www.nber.org/papers/w25382)." NBER Working Paper 25382.