Working Papers
Adressing Low Annuity Demand with Capital Taxes (with K. Chowdhury and M. Li). 2025.
Consumption Tax Reform and Its Implications (with Y. Chen and Y. Zhang). 2025.
Property Taxation and Tax Progressivity in the Housing Market (with Y. Zhang). 2025.
Consumption Externalities and Education Subsidy Design (with M. Bishnu and J. Lian). 2025.
Crime and the Racial Wealth Divide (with A. Imrohoroglu and J. Lian). 2025.
Refereed Journals
Optimal Taxation, Differential Mortality, and Endogenous Human Capital Accumulation in China (with Y. Chen and Y. Zhang). 2024. China Economic Review. 2024. [journal article]
Revisiting Taxes on High Incomes (with A. Imrohoroglu, J. Lian, and A. Nakornthab). 2023. Review of Economic Dynamics. 2023. [journal article]
Implications of Present-biased Preferences on Inheritance Taxes (with M. Bishnu and A. Nakornthab). 2022. Macroeconomic Dynamics. [journal article]
A Note on the Annuity Role of Estate Tax (with M. Bishnu). 2020. Macroeconomic Dynamics. [journal article]
A Note on Means Testing and Temptation (with J. Piggott and A. Thanopoulos). 2019. Economic Papers. [journal article]
Social Security with Differential Mortality (co-authored with Moni Bishnu and Nick Guo). 2019. Journal of Macroeconomics. [working paper]
Optimal Capital Taxation with Means-tested Benefits (co-authored with John Piggott). 2017. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. [journal article]
How Well Does the Australian Aged Pension Provide Social Insurance (co-authored with E. Dabbs)? 2016. Australian Economic Papers. [journal article]
Banking for Those Unwilling to Bank: Implications of Islamic Banking Systems (co-authored with S. Sarntisart). 2016. Economic Modelling. [journal article]
Temptation-driven Behavior and Taxation: A Quantitative Analysis in a Life-cycle Model (co-authored with A. Thanopoulos). 2015. Economic Inquiry. [journal article]
Temptation and Social Security in a Dynastic Framework (co-authored with C. Tran). 2012. European Economic Review. [journal article]
Social Security Reform with Self-control Preferences (co-authored with A. Thanopoulos). 2011. Journal of Public Economics. [journal article]
The Effect of Status on Charitable Giving (co-authored with L. Vesterlund). 2010. Journal of Public Economic Theory. [journal article]
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]
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: “How Persistent Low Returns Will Shape Saving and Retirement, Edited by Olivia S. Mitchell, Robert Clark, and Raimond Maurer, Published by Cambridge University Press.” 2022. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance.
Book Review: “Principles and Standards for Benefit-Cost Analysis, Edited by Scott Farrow and Richard O. Zerbe, Jr., Published by Edward Elgar.” 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
Annuity and Estate Taxation in an Entrepreneurship Model (with A. Nakornthab), 2016. [working paper]
Means Testing Social Security: Modelling and Policy Analysis (with R. Chomik, J. Piggott, A. Woodland, and G. Kudrna), 2015. [working paper]
Optimal Taxation in Life-Cycle Economies in the Presence of Commitment and Temptation Problems (with Saran Sarntisart), 2013. [working paper]
Should Public Retirement Provisions Be Means-tested? (with John Piggott), 2009. [working paper]