Ben Sprung-Keyser
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Assistant Professor at Wharton, Business Economics and Public Policy. Co-Director at Policy Impacts
Looking for a predoc position? I’m hiring! Come work with me at Wharton. You will work on a variety of topics related to upward mobility, migration, and the effectiveness of government policy. Apply by Feb 21:
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics
10 months ago
#QJE
Feb 2025, #2, “A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution,” by Boning, Hendren, Sprung-Keyser (
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A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution*
Abstract. We estimate the returns to IRS audits of taxpayers across the income distribution. We find an additional $1 spent auditing taxpayers above the 90
https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjae037
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Joseph Shapiro
11 months ago
Excited for Fri's
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8am New Frontiers in Environmental Economics! 🌐
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🗺️ Room: Parc 55, Cyril Magnin 2 🔥 Trade, food, land, clean energy, bunching, air poll., MVPF, etc w
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Brendan Nyhan
12 months ago
“We find an additional $1 spent auditing taxpayers above the 90th income percentile yields more than $12 in revenue, while audits of below-median income taxpayers yield $5.”
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Lawrence Katz
about 1 year ago
Insightful and important analysis of the returns and costs of tax audits across the income distribution by Boning, Hendren, and Sprung-Keyser (
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics
about 1 year ago
Recently accepted by
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, “A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution,” by Boning, Hendren, Sprung-Keyser (
@bsprungkeyser.bsky.social
), and Stuart:
doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution
Abstract. We estimate the returns to IRS audits of taxpayers across the income distribution. We find an additional ${\$}$1 spent auditing taxpayers above t
https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjae037
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Ben Lockwood
about 1 year ago
Great NYT op-ed from Raj Chetty today about the opportunity economy, citing awesome research from my colleague
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www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/o...
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Opinion | Kamala Harris Has Proposed an ‘Opportunity Economy.’ This Is How to Make It a Reality.
What we can learn from the science of economic opportunity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/opinion/kamala-harris-opportunity-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE4.h0Wl.gOBqf9_s9V7B&smid=url-share
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Awesome to see the CBO acknowledge the long-term impact of policy on both human capital development and government savings. This aligns with our findings at
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www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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Exploring the Effects of Medicaid During Childhood on the Economy and the Budget: Working Paper 2023...
On a present-value basis, CBO estimates that long-term fiscal effects of Medicaid spending on children could offset half or more of the program’s initial outlays, depending on sets of reasonable par...
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59231
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