#  EC2907 Public Reading Group 

 





 Semester:   Spring 

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 Year offered:  2020 

 

 

 

A reading group in Public Economics organized by Stefanie Stantcheva.

We meet Tuesdays 5-6 pm in M-16.

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

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

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## Class Materials:

### Schedule and Reading List

Sort**Date**

**Presenters**

**Topic**

**Papers**

Feb 18

[Omeed Maghzian Daniel Prinz](/file_url/368)

**Profit shifting**

Torslov, Wier and Zucman (2020) [“The Missing Profits of Nations”](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gabriel-2Dzucman.eu_files_TWZ2020.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=9jE-xNo4Ics5uK8CqC5MsUz_zUOK1N1jo-2JVF6mnSw&e=)

Feb 25

[François-Xavier Ladant](/file_url/369)

[Armando Miano](/file_url/369)



**Payroll taxes and employer subsidies**

Saez, Schoefer and Seim (2019) [“Hysteresis from Employer Subsidies”](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eml.berkeley.edu_-7Esaez_saez-2Dseim-2DschoeferNBER19hysteresis.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=4AVm_9sJICqp6phh36dV4XbUcB2CwXUFm3mtj-gOLao&e=)

Related: Saez, Shoefer and Seim (2019) [“Payroll Taxes, Firm Behavior, and Rent Sharing: Evidence from a Young Workers’ Tax Cut in Sweden"](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eml.berkeley.edu_-7Esaez_saez-2Dschoefer-2DseimAER19sweden.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=gxCR1O85GhPA6jjyX_p3GYR4kWO8P7NiYQX_ipgKN-Q&e=)



Mar 3

[Antonio Coran ](/file_url/370)

[LJ Ristovska](/file_url/370)



**EITC. The earthquake**

Kleven (2019) [“The EITC and the Extensive Margin: A Reappraisal”](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.henrikkleven.com_uploads_3_7_3_1_37310663_kleven-5Feitc-5Fsep2019.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=TeLsBLjHbZYsdeoTdB3UPS4nxlwzkQZ3Y9v9XL_VsQk&e=)

Mar 10

[Harris Eppsteiner ](/file_url/371)

[Ben Sprung-Keyser](/file_url/371)



**State and local firm subsidies**

Slattery (2019) [“Bidding for Firms: Subsidy Competition in the U.S.”](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5acd55db36099bfff90bf5d6/t/5e601fd961331b1f2cccbc20/1583357918679/Slattery%20(2020)%20Bidding%20for%20Firms.pdf)

Slattery and Zidar (2020) [“Evaluating State and Local Business Tax Incentives”](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__scholar.princeton.edu_zidar_publications_evaluating-2Dstate-2Dand-2Dlocal-2Dbusiness-2Dtax-2Dincentives&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=nSNo1R5t7Bg3JTSt_yQU7AareZMSqwTuA1GVxz0EHzg&e=)



Mar 24

[Ravi Jagadeesan](/file_url/372)

[Myles Wagner](/file_url/372)



**Behavioral PF**

Morrison and Taubinsky (2019) [“Rules of Thumb and Attention Elasticities: Evidence from Under- and Overreaction to Taxes”](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_file_d_1-2DdZ3-2DLMBiI0hxUAYu5yANi-2DF3E1eUWDE_view&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=cu0UaxKiFaSUCvdjjXinsKBtQwhGlLcLOlieQ7WO2fk&e=)

Mar 31

[Robert French](/file_url/373)

[Valentine Gilbert](/file_url/373)



**Theory (sufficient stats applied to robots and trade)**

Costinot and Werning (2018) [“Robots, Trade and Luddism: A Sufficient Statistics Approach to Optimal Technology Regulation”](https://economics.mit.edu/files/19147)

Apr 7

[Angie Acquatella](/file_url/374)

[Sarah Armitage](/file_url/374)



**Combining structural estimation and reduced-form**

Andrews, Gentzkow and Shapiro (2019)[ “On the Informativeness of Descriptive Statistics for Structural Estimates”](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__web.stanford.edu_-7Egentzkow_research_divergence.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=BcTg2TUMjjJmc-ZEUM4Lm3ZzMKBF5RNv1YFUmq7AgCQ&e=)

Andrews, Gentzkow and Shapiro (2019) [“Transparency in Structural Research"](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__web.stanford.edu_-7Egentzkow_research_transparency.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=dR3sT9-G2aN9bnpAslWj5kXi1227_GipOqlhBE4PRPQ&e=)



Apr 14

Ed Kong

**Health Economics**

Einav, Finkelstein, Oostrom, Ostriker and Williams (2019) [“Screening and selection: The Case of Mammograms”](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__economics.mit.edu_files_17234&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mUUKwtIDPgbT9kAYsLRG-BmUBWGs7XMaqdJo_of7nT8&m=0IbRG347hr-ZGfRgdnuQ51-J1zFj7-4y7ILxK0af__I&s=SVH3NgkiejEEySC31gGPYVwmzVR0Ilqod70SrBnq27E&e=)