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., Selin, H. (2014). Bunching and non-bunching at kink points of the Swedish tax schedule. Journal of Public Economics. 109. 36-49.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2020). Child care subsidies, quality and optimal income taxation. American Economic Journal : Economic Policy.
Bastani, S., Giebe, T., Miao, C. (2020). Ethnicity and tax filing behavior. Journal of Urban Economics. 116. 1-16.
Bastani, S., Moberg, Y., Selin, H. (2020). The anatomy of the extensive margin labor supply response. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 1-30.
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., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2020). Child care subsidies, quality and optimal income taxation. American Economic Journal : Economic Policy.
Bastani, S., Moberg, Y., Selin, H. (2020). The anatomy of the extensive margin labor supply response. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 1-30.
Bastani, S., Giebe, T., Miao, C. (2020). Ethnicity and tax filing behavior. Journal of Urban Economics. 116. 1-16.
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Micheletto, L. (2020). Pareto efficient income taxation without single-crossing. Social Choice and Welfare. 1-48.
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.

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.