Publications
"Health Risk, Insurance and Optimal Progressive Income Taxation" (with Juergen Jung)
Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 21, October 2023
“Lifecycle Earnings Risk and Insurance: New Evidence from Australia” (with Darapheak Tin)
"Social Health Insurance: A Quantitative Exploration" (with Juergen Jung)
"Sustainable and Equitable Pension with Means-Testing in Aging Economies" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland)
"On the Marginal Excess Burden of Taxation in an Overlapping Generations Economy" (with Sebastian Wende)
"Tax Progressivity in Australia: Facts, Measurements and Estimates" (with Nabeeh Zakariyya)
"Facing Demographic Challenges: Pension Cuts or Tax Hikes" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland)
"Temptation and Taxation with Elastic Labor"
Economic Modelling, Vol. 70, April 2018
Paper, Slides
"Comparing Budget Repair Measures in a Small Open Economy with Growing Debt" (with George Kudrna)
"Fiscal Austerity Measures: Spending Cuts vs. Tax Increases" (with Gerhard Glomm and Juergen Jung)
"Aging and Health Financing in the US: A General Equilibrium Analysis" (with Juergen Jung and Matt Chambers)
European Economic Review, Vol. 100, November 2017
"Market Inefficiency, Insurance Mandate and Welfare: U.S Health Care Reform 2010" (with Juergen Jung)
"The Dynamic Fiscal Effects of Demographic Shift: The Case of Australia" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland)
Economic Modelling, Vol. 50, November 2015
"Trade-Offs in Means-Tested Pension Design" (with Alan Woodland )
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 47, October 2014
"Medical Consumption over the Life Cycle: Facts from a U.S. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey" (with Juergen Jung)
"Temptation and Social Security in a Dynastic Framework" (with Cagri Kumru)
European Economic Review, Vol. 56 (7), October 2012
Paper, Slides
"The Extension of Social Security Coverage in Developing Countries" (with Juergen Jung)
"Public Pension Policies and Capital Accumulation in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Brazil" (with Gerhard Glomm, Juergen Jung and Changmin Lee)
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 10 (1), Article 15, May 2010
Paper, Slides, EL Blog
"Macroeconomic Implications of Early Retirements in the Public Sector: The Case of Brazil" (with Gerhard Glomm and Juergen Jung)
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 33 (4), April 2009
Paper, Slides
Working Papers
"Incidence of Capital Income Taxation in a Lifecycle Economy with Firm Heterogeneity" (with Sebastian Wende) [R&R]
Paper, Slides
"Progressive Pension and Optimal Tax Progressivity" (with Nabeeh Zakariyya)[R&R]
"Health Heterogeneity, Portfolio Choice and Wealth Inequality" (with Juergen Jung)
“Child-Related Transfers, Means Testing and Welfare” (with Darapheak Tin)
"Uninterrupted Growth, Redistribution and Inequality: The Australian Case 1991-2020” (with Nabeeh Zakariyya)
Paper, Slides
"Dividend Imputation, Investment and Capital Accumulation in Open Economies" (with Sebastian Wende)
"The Evolution of the Earnings Distribution in a Sustained Growth Economy: Evidence from Australia" (with Darapheak Tin and Nabeeh Zakariyya)
Paper, Slides, Technical Appendix, 2025 Budget Forum
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