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Michael Carlos Best

Not to be confused with: Michael H. Best

Personal Details

First Name:Michael
Middle Name:Carlos
Last Name:Best
Suffix:
RePEc Short-ID:pbe722
[This author has chosen not to make the email address public]
http://www.columbia.edu/~mcb2270/
Terminal Degree: Economics Department; London School of Economics (LSE) (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(75%) Department of Economics
School of Arts and Sciences
Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/economics/
RePEc:edi:declbus (more details at EDIRC)

(5%) Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom
http://www.ifs.org.uk/
RePEc:edi:ifsssuk (more details at EDIRC)

(5%) Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
http://www.cid.harvard.edu/bread/
RePEc:edi:brharus (more details at EDIRC)

(5%) Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom
http://www.cepr.org/
RePEc:edi:cebruuk (more details at EDIRC)

(5%) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
http://www.nber.org/
RePEc:edi:nberrus (more details at EDIRC)

(5%) Center for Development Economics and Policy
School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)
https://cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/
RePEc:edi:cdclbus (more details at EDIRC)

Research output

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Working papers

  1. Best, Michael & Bandiera, Oriana & Khan, Adnan & Prat, Andrea, 2020. "The Allocation of Authority in Organizations: A Field Experiment with Bureaucrats," CEPR Discussion Papers 14381, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  2. Best, Michael & Cloyne, James & Ilzetzki, Ethan & Kleven, Henrik, 2018. "Estimating the Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution Using Mortgage Notches," CEPR Discussion Papers 13104, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Best, Michael & Szakonyi, David & Hjort, Jonas, 2017. "Individuals and Organizations as Sources of State Effectiveness," CEPR Discussion Papers 11968, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  4. Best, Michael Carlos & Brockmeyer, Anne & Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen & Spinnewijn, Johannes & Waseem, Mazhar, 2015. "Production versus revenue efficiency with limited tax capacity: theory and evidence from Pakistan," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 64916, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  5. Best, Michael Carlos & Cloyne, James & Ilzetzki, Ethan & Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen, 2015. "Interest rates, debt and intertemporal allocation: evidence from notched mortgage contracts in the United Kingdom," Bank of England working papers 543, Bank of England.
  6. Michael Carlos Best & Henrik Jacobsen Jacobsen, 2013. "Optimal Income Taxation with Career Effects of Work Effort," Working Papers 2013-9, Princeton University. Economics Department..
  7. Kleven, Henrik & Best, Michael & Spinnewijn, Johannes & Waseem, Mazhar & Brockmeyer, Anne, 2013. "Production vs Revenue Efficiency With Limited Tax Capacity: Theory and Evidence From Pakistan," CEPR Discussion Papers 9717, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  8. Ahmad, Ehtisham & Best, Michael & Pöschl, Caroline, 2012. "Tax reform in the presence of informality in developing countries: incentives to cheat in Mexico," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 57960, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  9. Ahmad, Ehtisham & Best, Michael, 2012. "Financing social policy in the presence of informality," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 57964, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

Articles

  1. Kresch, Evan Plous & Walker, Mark & Best, Michael Carlos & Gerard, François & Naritomi, Joana, 2023. "Sanitation and property tax compliance: Analyzing the social contract in Brazil," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
  2. Michael Carlos Best & Jonas Hjort & David Szakonyi, 2023. "Individuals and Organizations as Sources of State Effectiveness," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 113(8), pages 2121-2167, August.
  3. Oriana Bandiera & Michael Carlos Best & Adnan Qadir Khan & Andrea Prat, 2021. "The Allocation of Authority in Organizations: A Field Experiment with Bureaucrats," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 136(4), pages 2195-2242.
  4. Michael Carlos Best & James S Cloyne & Ethan Ilzetzki & Henrik J Kleven, 2020. "Estimating the Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution Using Mortgage Notches," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 87(2), pages 656-690.
  5. Michael Carlos Best & Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, 2018. "Housing Market Responses to Transaction Taxes: Evidence From Notches and Stimulus in the U.K," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 85(1), pages 157-193.
  6. Michael Carlos Best & Anne Brockmeyer & Henrik Jacobsen Kleven & Johannes Spinnewijn & Mazhar Waseem, 2016. "Erratum: Production versus Revenue Efficiency with Limited Tax Capacity: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 124(1), pages 303-303.
  7. Michael Carlos Best & Anne Brockmeyer & Henrik Jacobsen Kleven & Johannes Spinnewijn & Mazhar Waseem, 2015. "Production versus Revenue Efficiency with Limited Tax Capacity: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 123(6), pages 1311-1355.

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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 11 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (4) 2015-08-25 2018-09-24 2018-09-24 2021-06-21
  2. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (3) 2020-03-02 2020-07-20 2023-10-09
  3. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (3) 2020-03-02 2020-07-20 2023-10-09
  4. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (2) 2014-06-02 2017-01-08
  5. NEP-CIS: Confederation of Independent States (2) 2017-05-14 2017-05-21
  6. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (2) 2014-06-02 2017-01-08
  7. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (2) 2015-08-25 2018-09-24
  8. NEP-BAN: Banking (1) 2015-08-25
  9. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2014-06-02
  10. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 2014-06-02
  11. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2020-03-02

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