Federal Fiscal & Tax Policy
As oversight weakens, protecting IRS data is essential
On Friday, October 17, 2025 the Tax Policy Center at Brookings hosted a conference to celebrate and recognize new doctoral research in tax policy and public finance. Promising, policy-relevant job market papers were presented to economists and policy-oriented professionals in Washington to help forge lasting relationships between the DC policy and the academic communities at the start of new academic careers.
The papers are available below.
Agenda
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October 17
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Never-realized capital gains
Lucy Msall Post-doctoral Fellow in Wealth and Income Inequality - National Bureau of Economic Research -
Property tax pass-through to renters: A quasi-experimental approach
Sarah Baker Financial Economist - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia -
Pollution Taxes and Clean Subsidies in an Open Economy
Owen Kay Research Economist - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas -
The interest rate elasticity of investment: Micro estimates and macro implications
Caleb Wroblewski Ph.D. student - Economics Department, U.C. Berkeley -
Waiting or paying for health care: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration
Anna Russo Junior Fellow - Harvard Society of Fellows
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