Lecture Notes (Spring 2014)

Part I: Static Tax Policy

Non-linear Income Taxation (PDF, 164 KB)

Taxation of Top Incomes (PDF, 112 KB)

Commodity Taxation (PDF, 108 KB)

Part II: Dynamic Tax Policy

Linear Capital Taxation and Tax Smoothing (PDF, 126 KB)

Non-Linear Capital Taxation (PDF, 125 KB)

Taxation Without Commitment (PDF, 134 KB)

Bequest Taxation (PDF, 101 KB)

Part III: Social Insurance Design

Rationales for Social Insurance (PDF, 131 KB)

Optimal Social Insurance Design: UI Benefit Levels (PDF, 118 KB)

Optimal Social Insurance Design: Timing of UI Benefits (PDF, 125 KB)

Social Insurance with Private Insurance Markets (PDF, 122 KB)

Government Intervention in Health Insurance Markets (PDF, 69 KB)

Problem Sets

Problem Set #1 (PDF, 84 KB)

Problem Set #2 (PDF, 78 KB)

Problem Set #3 (PDF, 98 KB)

Problem Set #4 (PDF, 80 KB)

Problem Set #5 (PDF, 100 KB)