Jon Bakija

Associate Professor of Economics

Office: South Academic Building Rm 330
Webpage: http://www.williams.edu/Economics/faculty/bakija.shtml
E-mail: Jon.M.Bakija@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-2325
Fax: (413)-597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
South Academic Building
Williamstown, MA 01267

Education

University of Michigan, PhD, Economics, 2000
Wesleyan University, B.A., Government, 1990
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Fields of Specialization

Public finance
labor economics
applied econometrics
economic effects of taxation
tax reform and social security reform
charitable giving.

Research

Books

Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Debate Over Taxes. (with Joel Slemrod) Cambridge: MIT Press. 4th edition published 2008; 3rd edition 2004; 2nd edition 2000; 1st edition 1996; Japanese language edition published 2003 by Konnichisha of Tokyo.

Retooling Social Security for the 21st Century. (with Eugene Steuerle). Urban Institute Press, 1994

Research Papers

"How Does Charitable Giving Respond to Incentives and Income? Dynamic Panel Estimates Accounting for Predictable Changes in Taxation." (with Bradley Heim). NBER Working Paper No. 14237, Aug. 2008. (Under review at National Tax Journal).

"Documentation for a Comprehensive Historical U.S. Federal and State Income Tax Calculator Program." Williams College, working paper, 2008.

Documentation for a Federal and State Inheritance and Estate Tax Calculator. Williams College, working paper, 2007.

"Do the Rich Flee from High State Taxes? Evidence from Federal Estate Tax Returns." (with Joel Slemrod). NBER Working Paper No. 10645, July 2004. (Revise/resubmit invited at Journal of Public Economics.)

"New Evidence on the Effects of Taxes on Charitable Bequests." (with William Gale and Joel Slemrod), working paper, 2005.

"Timing vs. Long-run Charitable Giving Behavior: Reconciling Divergent Approaches and Estimates." (with Rob McClelland). Williams college, working paper, 2004.

"Charitable Bequests and Taxes on Inheritances and Estates: Aggregate Evidence from across States and Time." (with William Gale and Joel Slemrod), American Economic Review, May 2003.

"Effects of Estate Tax Reform on Charitable Giving." (with William Gale). Tax Notes. June 23, 2003, p. 1841. (also published as Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center Issues and Options Paper No. 6, July 2003).

"Growing Inequality and Decreased Tax Progressivity." (with Joel Slemrod) in Kevin Hassett and R. Glenn Hubbard, eds., Inequality and Tax Policy, American Enterprise Institute Press, 2001. (earlier version available as: "Does Growing Inequality Reduce Tax Progressivity? Should It?" NBER Working Paper No. 7576, March 2000.)

"Distinguishing Transitory and Permanent Price Elasticities of Charitable Giving with Pre-Announced Changes in Tax Law." Williams College. 2000. (Revise and resubmit requested at Journal of Public Economics)

The Effect of Taxes on Portfolio Choice: Evidence from Panel Data Spanning the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Williams College, 2000. (Revise and resubmit requested at National Tax Journal).

"Retooling Social Security for the 21st Century." (with Eugene Steuerle) Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 60, No. 2, 1997.

"Individual Income Taxation Since 1948." (with Eugene Steuerle) National Tax Journal, Vol. XLIV, No. 4, Part 2, 1991.

Selected Work Experience

Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, 2007-2008

Economist, President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, Summer 2005

Visiting Associate Analyst, Congressional Budget Office, 2003-2004.

Model-Okun Visiting Fellow in Economic Studies The Brookings Institution, 2002-2003.

Graduate Student Research Assistant Office of Tax Policy Research, University of Michigan School of Business, 1994-1998.

Research Associate, The Urban Institute, 1990-1993.