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on here: tax economist out there: also a tax economist, but other things too http://www.JacobMortenson.com
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If you’re looking for ways to improve your local school district, this excellent piece of research suggests HVAC improvements as low hanging fruit. [ungated version here]: www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...

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Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "Correlation in state and local tax changes" By Scott R. Baker, Pawel Janas, & @lorenzkueng.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky

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I’m excited to share a funded year-long PhD student fellowship, combining non-partisan economic policy research & public service at: - Congressional Budget Office - Congressional Research Service - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Deadline is Thursday 30 January 2025

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

1/ It's Christmastime, and for a certain elite few that means our thoughts turn to only one thing: the greatest holiday special of all time, 1987's "A Muppet Family Christmas." And in this THREAD I have a *treat* for all of you, courtesy my family's 1989 VHS recording.

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Was nice to see this from the CBO www.cbo.gov/publication/...

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Few people even know about this; when people are asked in surveys how child mortality has changed the majority says it has stagnated or increased. If you consider that many don't know about humanity's biggest achievement, then it's not surprising that many are so pessimistic about our future.

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📯 Job Market Paper Alert 📯 Private businesses make up 50% of sales & profits and are the main wealth component of the wealthiest households. So, what is their value? Well, that's difficult, since they're not listed: their value is unobservable by definition! My #EconJMP tackles this problem 1/

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This is a thread on academic papers relevant to discussions of potential U.S. tax policy changes. Will be adding to it periodically. Please feel free to send suggestions. But first here is a list of expiring provisions between now and 2034, compiled by JCT: www.jct.gov/publications... [1/n]

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