Research
Research by topics:
Altruism, Borrowing Constraints and Child Labor
Public Funding of Education
Optimal Fiscal Policy
Social Security
Altruism, Borrowing Constraints and Child Labor
"Child Labor, Public Policy and Welfare." February 2018, Manuscript. Abstract. PDF.
"Borrowing Constraints, Parental Altruism and Welfare." September 2015, Journal of Macroeconomics, Volume 45, pages 1-20 (leading article). Abstract. PDF.
"Welfare Impact of a Ban on Child Labor." October 2010, Economic Inquiry, Volume 48, Issue 4, pages 1048-1064 (leading article). Abstract. PDF.
"Borrowing Constraints, Child Labor and Welfare." First Version April 2008. Abstract. PDF
Public Funding of Education
"Self-interest and Public Funding of Education" Journal of Public Economics Vol 87/3-4,703 - 727, March 2003. Abstract. PDF.
"A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of the Political Economy of Public Education" Journal of Population Economics June 2006, Volume 19, Number 2, Pages 367 - 389. Abstract. PDF.
"Public Education Reform: Community or National Funding of Education?" Journal of Monetary Economics, April 2005, Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 669-697. Abstract. PDF.
"The Political Economy of Publicly Funded Education" October 1996 Working Paper, I.G.I.E.R. Abstract
"Altruism and Self-interest in a political Theory of Publicly Funded Education" June 1998 Working Paper, I.G.I.E.R. Abstract
Optimal Fiscal Policy
"Efficient Public Investment in a Model with Transition Dynamics" with Pierre-Daniel SarteEconomic Quarterly Vol. 89, Number 1, Winter 2003. Abstract. PDF.
"Distortionary Taxes and Public Investment when Government Promises are not Enforceable" with Marina Azzimonti-Renzo, Pierre-Daniel Sarte Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 33, Issue 9, Pages 1662–1681, September 2009. Abstract. PDF.
"Optimal Public Investment with and without Government Commitment" with Marina Azzimonti-Renzo, Pierre-Daniel Sarte August 2003. Abstract. PDF.
"Optimal Policy and (the lack of) Time Inconsistency: Insights from Simple Models" with Marina Azzimonti-Renzo, Pierre-Daniel Sarte October 2006. Abstract. PDF.
Social Security
"A Positive Theory of Social Security Based on Reputation" with Thomas Cooley Journal of Political Economy , Volume 107, Number 1, February 1999. Abstract. PDF.
"Privatizing Social Security" with Thomas Cooley Review of Economic Dynamics , Volume #2, 731-755, 1999. Abstract. PDF.
"Will Social Security Survive the Baby Boom?" with Thomas Cooley Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy , 45, 89-121, December 1996. Abstract. PDF.
"Social Security Evaluation: a Critique" May 2001- Last version April 2004 Macroeconomic Dynamics, February 2005, Vol. 9, No. 1, Pages 57-97. Abstract. PDF.
"Social Security: Universal vs Earnings-Dependent Benefits" First Version May 2008. October 2012, Economica,Vol. 79, Issue 316, pages 611-640. Abstract. PDF.