Michael Best
@myklebest
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Assistant professor at @columbia_econ working in public and development economics. Dad.
New York, NY
Joined December 2010
RT @jenniferdoleac: Akanksha Vardani JMP: "A House for Two: Empowering Women with Property Rights" Website: https…
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Come work with us! We (@TradeDiversion @GGowrisankaran, Pietro Tebaldi, and I) are hiring pre-docs to start in summer 2025. @econ_ra @predoc_org
Update: Columbia Economics and the Program for Economic Research have opened applications for pre-doctoral Staff Associate positions in Economics! Interested in learning more? View position details and apply at: @econ_ra @predoc_org #econra #econpredoc
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RT @TradeDiversion: In January 2025, I will join Columbia University as a tenured Associate Professor of Economics. I’m happy to return to…
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RT @maziacband: Friday! #maziac #opensight #thembloodykids #ygodeh #alternativemetal #altmetal #progressivemetal #p…
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RT @EricVerhoogen: Columbia's @Policy_Dialogue is hiring a full-time RA (pre-doc) to work with @JosephEStiglitz and me and others on issues…
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RT @AnneBrockmeyer: 10 years ago my PhD advisors (+&others I admire) co-authored a symposium in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on #ta…
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RT @miguel_almunia: A conversation with @giulia_mascagni at a Zurich conference became an idea, then we joined forces with @AnneBrockmeyer,…
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RT @oyebolaoo: How can lower income countries collect more taxes? That’s a big question on the minds of many government officials and res…
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RT @sherafghan_asad: We (including @myklebest (Columbia), @adnanqk (LSE), and Anders Jensen (Harvard)) are seeking a research associate wit…
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RT @vox_dev: 🆕 Sanitation and property tax compliance: Analysing the social contract in Brazil 🇧🇷 Evan Plous Kresch @oberlincollege, Mark…
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RT @VisibleHandPod: In the next episode Michael Best (@myklebest) will argue that, in the public sector, there are large differences in pro…
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RT @AshleySchapitl: One of the top priorities for the IRS is to use Inflation Reduction Act resources to pursue tax evasion by large, compl…
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@borusyak Piketty-Saez (2003) use a Pareto interpolation on the SOI data to estimate quantiles beyond the bottom of the top bracket in the SOI data. IIRC the details are in their online appendix.
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@jondequidt @QMUL @IIES_Sthlm Congratulations to both @jondequidt and @QMUL !! London Econ scene is 🔥
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@KuhnMarie48851 @TaniaMocanu @columbia_econ @econ_ra @predoc_org We have sent a first batch of invitations to the next stage. There may be more later on.
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@SHamiltonian Sit with the game in your peripheral vision while you enjoy beer and hotdogs with your friends. Rinse and repeat.
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