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Papers I wish I had more time to read

  1. Taxation and Development, by Tim Besley and Torsten Persson
  2. Demand Versus Returns? Pro-Poor Targeting of Business Grants and Vocational Skills Training, by Karen Macours, Patrick Premand, and Renos Vakis
  3. Economics versus politics: The Pitfalls of Policy Advice, by Daron Acemoglu and Jim Robinson
  4. Financial Development in 205 Economies, 1960 to 2010, by Martin Čihák, Asli Demirgüč-Kunt, Erik Feyen, Ross Levine

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  1. The Acemoglu & Robinson paper is light bedtime or commuting reading, forthcoming J.E.P.

    Readers may be interested in the full contents of the Public Economic handbook, of which Besley & Persson is but one chapter.
    1. Charitable Giving- Jim Andreoni
    2. Behavioral Public Finance- Doug Bernheim
    3. Public Finance and Development- Tim Besley
    4. Social Insurance, Theory and Evidence- Raj Chetty & Amy Finkelstein
    5. Dynamic Taxation- Peter Diamond & Ivan Werning
    6. Urban Public Finance- Ed Glaeser
    7. Tax Competition- Mick Keen & Kai Konrad
    8. Wealth and Transfer Taxation- Wojciech Kopczuk
    9. Optimal Labor Income Taxes and Transfers- Thomas Piketty & Emmanuel Saez

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