University at Buffalo Department of Economics

11/17/2021

ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES
Joseph Steinberg, University of Toronto
"Tax Evasion and Capital Taxation"
Wealth inequality has prompted calls for higher taxes on capital income and wealth, but also concerns that rich households would evade these taxes by concealing their assets offshore. We develop a general equilibrium model of offshore tax evasion and use it to quantify the consequences of taxing capital more heavily. We find that raising capital income taxes would reduce tax revenue, taxing wealth would reduce welfare, and both policies would increase wealth inequality. In the absence of evasion, however, raising capital income taxes could increase tax revenue substantially, taxing wealth would be optimal, and both policies could reduce inequality.

Tax Evasion and Capital Taxation

10/12/2021

ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES
Allison Shertzer
The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago
https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/economics/news-events/seminar-series/allison-shertzer.html

10/12/2021

ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES
Jacqueline Oliveira, Rhodes College
The Effects of Roads on Trade and Migration: Evidence from a Planned Capital City
https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/economics/news-events/seminar-series/jacqueline-oliveira.html

10/12/2021

Three U.S.-based economists will share this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their innovative work with "natural experiments" – events or policy changes in real life that allow researchers to analyze their impact on society. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/11/1044992923/three-economists-win-nobel-natural-experiments?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR0Jvc_NRV2kwRaNUNaiXOH5GklNvHfb0s-GVeBgodd9Kg5NdWxafA3FsOA

The U.S.-based economists shared this year's Nobel in economics for their work with "natural experiments," such as studying how changes to the minimum wage impact the labor market.

09/27/2021

Please join us next Friday in welcoming our first visiting Seminar Speaker, Dr. Paul Grieco, Associate Professor of Economics at Penn State University.

Dr. Grieco will be visiting our department virtually and presenting a seminar on his paper titled “Evolution of Market Power in the US Auto Industry" on Friday, October 1, 2021 at 3:30pm via Zoom.

https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/economics/news-events/faculty-news/paul-greico.html

09/14/2021

The first study comes courtesy of economist Alex Anas of SUNY Buffalo. Using metropolitan Chicago as an example, Anas modeled projected growth in the area from 2000 to 2030, including expected highway expansions.

Two words: balanced transportation.

09/13/2021

Meet our newest Economics Undergraduate Ambassador! https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/economics/news-events/student-news/student-spotlight-jemima-joseph.html

08/30/2021

It's been a long time coming but we're all here for you!

01/07/2020

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2020/01/07/793855832/economics-still-has-a-diversity-problem

Despite decades of work, there's been little or no progress on increasing diversity in economics.

10/18/2019

Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer on Being Awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

This year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to MIT’s Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, and Harvard’s Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.

09/17/2019

Economics Seminar Series: Alexander Rothenberg, Syracuse University
“Improving Mobility in Developing Country Cities: Evaluating Bus Rapid Transit and Other Policies in Jakarta

https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/economics/news-events/faculty-news/alexander-rothenberg.html