Email: mdkhademul.chowdhury@anu.edu.au, khademul.tax@gmail.com

About Me:

I am an economist and PhD candidate at the Research School of Economics at the Australian National University. My research lies at the intersection of macroeconomics, public finance and tax policy, with a particular focus on how tax systems can raise revenue efficiently while promoting equity, compliance and long-run fiscal sustainability.

My work examines optimal tax design, tax enforcement, fiscal capacity, and capital and wealth taxation. I combine quantitative life-cycle and overlapping-generations models with empirical analysis using administrative tax records and household microdata. A central theme of my research is how household behaviour, entrepreneurship, administrative capacity and policy implementation shape the effectiveness of taxation. I develop computational models in Fortran, MATLAB and Python, aiming to connect rigorous academic research with practical policy questions.

My current research includes an Oxfam Australia–funded project on wealth taxation in Australia. Before beginning my PhD, I worked in government policy and tax administration at Bangladesh’s Ministry of Finance and National Board of Revenue. This experience continues to inform my interest in evidence-based fiscal policy, particularly in developing economies. I have also taught macroeconomics at the Australian National University.