Spencer Bastani

Spencer Bastani's research is oriented towards enhancing our understanding of the role of government in the economy and how tax and social insurance policies should be designed to promote a socially efficient resource allocation and a desirable income distribution. His research is both theoretically and empirically oriented.

Bastani obtained his PhD in economics from Uppsala University in 2012 and has a M.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Linköping University.

Personal homepage: http://www.spencerbastani.com

Publications

Selected publications

Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2020). Child care subsidies, quality and optimal income taxation. American Economic Journal : Economic Policy. 12. 1-37.
Bastani, S., Giebe, T., Miao, C. (2020). Ethnicity and tax filing behavior. Journal of Urban Economics. 116. 1-16.
Bastani, S., Waldenström, D. (2020). How Should Capital Be Taxed?. Journal of Economic Surveys. 34. 812-846.
Bastani, S., Waldenström, D. (2020). Perceptions of Inherited Wealth and the Support for Inheritance Taxation. Economica.
Bastani, S., Tomer, B., Luca, M. (2019). The Welfare-Enhancing Role of Parental Leave Mandates. Journal of Law, Economics & Organization. 35. 77-126.

Article in journal (Refereed)

Bastani, S., Moberg, Y., Selin, H. (2020). The anatomy of the extensive margin labor supply response. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 1-27.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2020). Child care subsidies, quality and optimal income taxation. American Economic Journal : Economic Policy. 12. 1-37.
Bastani, S., Waldenström, D. (2020). Perceptions of Inherited Wealth and the Support for Inheritance Taxation. Economica.
Bastani, S., Waldenström, D. (2020). How Should Capital Be Taxed?. Journal of Economic Surveys. 34. 812-846.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2020). Pareto efficient income taxation without single-crossing. Social Choice and Welfare. 55. 547-594.
Bastani, S., Giebe, T., Miao, C. (2020). Ethnicity and tax filing behavior. Journal of Urban Economics. 116. 1-16.
Bastani, S., Tomer, B., Luca, M. (2019). The Welfare-Enhancing Role of Parental Leave Mandates. Journal of Law, Economics & Organization. 35. 77-126.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2019). Nonlinear and piecewise linear income taxation, and the subsidization of work-related goods. International Tax and Public Finance. 26. 806-834.
Bastani, S., Lundberg, J. (2017). Political preferences for redistribution in Sweden. Journal of Economic Inequality. 15. 345-367.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2016). Optimal commodity taxation with varying quality of goods. Research in Economics. 70. 89-100.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Pirttila, J. (2015). How should commodities be taxed? : A counter-argument to the recommendation in the Mirrlees Review. Oxford Economic Papers. 67. 455-478.
Bastani, S. (2015). Using the Discrete Model to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates. Finanzarchiv. 71. 106-117.
Bastani, S., Blumkin, T., Micheletto, L. (2015). Optimal wage redistribution in the presence of adverse selection in the labor market. Journal of Public Economics. 131. 41-57.
Bastani, S., Selin, H. (2014). Bunching and non-bunching at kink points of the Swedish tax schedule. Journal of Public Economics. 109. 36-49.
Bastani, S., Simula, L. (2014). Commentaire - Evaluer les limites à la redistribution: approches partielles ou approche globale? : [Assessing restrictions on redistribution: partial or aggregate approaches]. Economie et Statistique. 163-171.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2013). Welfare Gains Of Age-Related Optimal Income Taxation. International Economic Review. 54. 1219-1249.
Bastani, S. (2013). Gender-Based and Couple-Based Taxation. International Tax and Public Finance. 20. 653-686.

Article in journal (Other academic)

Bastani, S., Waldenström, D. (2019). Vad bestämmer svenskarnas attityder till skatter?. Ekonomisk Debatt. 47. 70-79.
Daniel, W., Bastani, S., Hansson, Å. (2018). Kapitalbeskattningens förutsättningar i Sverige. Ekonomisk Debatt. 46. 6-15.
Bastani, S., Blumkin, T., Micheletto, L. (2017). Gender wage gap and the welfare-enhancing role of parental leave rules. ifo DICE Report. 15. 3-7.
Bastani, S., Selin, H. (2012). Finns det anhopning av skattebetalare vid brytpunkten för statlig inkomstskatt?. Ekonomisk Debatt. 40. 22-27.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Bastani, S., Blomqist, S., Micheletto, L. (2018). Public Pensions in a Multiperiod Mirrleesian Income Tax Model. The Taxation of Pensions. Cambridge, MIT Press. 51-80.

Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)

Bastani, S. (2010). Two Essays in Optimal Taxation. Licentiate Thesis. Uppsala, Uppsala universitet.

Report (Other academic)

Aldén, L., Bastani, S., Hammarstedt, M., Miao, C. (2020). Ethnic differences in long-term self-employment. Stockholm, Sweden, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). 45.
Bastani, S., Selin, H. (2019). Skillnad på marginalen : en ESO-rapport om reformerad inkomstbeskattning. Stockholm, Finansdepartementet. 147.
Bastani, S., Giebe, T., Miao, C. (2019). Ethnicity and tax filing behavior. Linnaeus University Centre for Discrimination and Integration Studies. 60.
Waldenström, D., Bastani, S., Hansson, Å. (2018). Kapitalbeskattningens förutsättningar. Stockholm, SNS förlag. 206.
Bastani, S., Blumkin, T., Micheletto, L. (2016). Anti-discrimination legislation and the efficiency-enhancing role of mandatory parental leave. Linnaeus University. 44.
Bastani, S., Lundberg, J. (2016). Political preferences for redistribution in Sweden. Linnaeus University Centre for Labour Market and Discrimination Studies.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2016). Public pensions in a multi-period Mirrleesian income tax model. Linnaeus University Centre for Labour Market and Discrimination Studies. 25.
Bastani, S., Moberg, Y., Selin, H. (2016). Estimating participation responses using transfer program reform. Linnaeus University Centre for Labour Market and Discrimination Studies. 49.
Bastani, S., Blumkin, T., Micheletto, L. (2014). Optimal Wage Redistribution in the Presence of Adverse Selection in the Labor Market. Uppsala, Uppsala universitet. 17.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Pirttilä, J. (2013). Optimal Inequality behind the Veil of How Should Commodities Be Taxed? : A Counterargument to the Recommendation in the Mirrlees Review. Uppsala, Uppsala universitet. 26.
Bastani, S. (2013). Using the Discrete Model to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates. Uppsala, Uppsala universitet. 13.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2010). The Welfare Gains of Age Related Optimal Income Taxation. Uppsala, Uppsala universitet. 46.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2010). Public Provision of Private Goods, Tagging and Optimal Income Taxation with Heterogeneity in Needs. Uppsala, Uppsala universitet. 47.

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)

Bastani, S. (2012). Essays on the Economics of Income Taxation. Doctoral Thesis. Uppsala universitet.

Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)

Bastani, S., Giebe, T., Gürtler, O. A general framework for studying contests.

Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Aronsson, T., Bastani, S., Blomquist, S. (2010). Vad är optimal beskattning?. Framtider. 18-21.

Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Bastani, S. (2013). Makten över skatten : optimal beskattning med ett globalt perspektiv. Global Utmaning.

Article, book review (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Bastani, S. (2014). Välfärdsekonomi ur svenskt perspektiv : Agneta Kruse och Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg: Welfare Economics - Theory, Empirical Results and the Swedish Experience. Ekonomisk Debatt. 42.