Research

Working Papers

  1. Revisiting Tax on Top Income (with Ayse Imrohoroglu and Arm Nakornthab). 2018. [working paper]

  2. Implications of Present-biased Preferences on Inheritance Taxes (Old title: Optimal Inheritance Tax under Temptation) (with M. Bishnu and A. Nakornthab). 2016. [working paper]

  3. Annuity and Estate Taxation in an Entrepreneurship Model (with A. Nakornthab), 2016. [working paper]

Refereed Journals

  1. A Note on the Annuity Role of Estate Tax (with M. Bishnu). 2020. Macroeconomic Dynamics. [journal article]

  2. A Note on Means Testing and Temptation (with J. Piggott and A. Thanopoulos). 2019. Economic Papers. [journal article]

  3. Social Security with Differential Mortality (co-authored with Moni Bishnu and Nick Guo). 2019. Journal of Macroeconomics. [working paper]

  4. Optimal Capital Taxation with Means-tested Benefits (co-authored with John Piggott). 2017. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. [journal article]

  5. How Well Does the Australian Aged Pension Provide Social Insurance (co-authored with E. Dabbs)? 2016. Australian Economic Papers. [journal article]

  6. Banking for Those Unwilling to Bank: Implications of Islamic Banking Systems (co-authored with S. Sarntisart). 2016. Economic Modelling. [journal article]

  7. Temptation-driven Behavior and Taxation: A Quantitative Analysis in a Life-cycle Model (co-authored with A. Thanopoulos). 2015. Economic Inquiry. [journal article]

  8. Temptation and Social Security in a Dynastic Framework (co-authored with C. Tran). 2012. European Economic Review. [journal article]

  9. Social Security Reform with Self-control Preferences (co-authored with A. Thanopoulos). 2011. Journal of Public Economics. [journal article]

  10. The Effect of Status on Charitable Giving (co-authored with L. Vesterlund). 2010. Journal of Public Economic Theory. [journal article]

  11. Managing Public Investment Funds: Best Practices and New Questions (co-authored with O. S. Mitchell and J. Piggott). 2008. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance.[journal article]

  12. Social Security and Self-Control Preferences (co-authored with A. C. Thanopoulos). 2008. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. [journal article]

Book Reviews

  • Book Review: “Principles and Standards for Benefit-Cost Analysis, Edited by Scott Farrow and Richard O. Zerbe, Jr., Published by Edward Elgar, 2013, 447 pages.” 2014. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. [journal article]

Book Chapters

  • Social Resilience, Means-testing, and Capital Taxation- Reflections on Economic Paradigms. In: Towards a More Resilient Society: Lessons from Economic Crises. (co-authored with J. Piggott). 2010. The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 45-55. [link to the book site]

Permanent Working Papers

  1. Means Testing Social Security: Modelling and Policy Analysis (with R. Chomik, J. Piggott, A. Woodland, and G. Kudrna), 2015. [working paper]

  2. Optimal Taxation in Life-Cycle Economies in the Presence of Commitment and Temptation Problems (with Saran Sarntisart), 2013. [working paper]

  3. Should Public Retirement Provisions Be Means-tested? (with John Piggott), 2009. [working paper]