(Forthcoming Article) - We study the economic effects of transfers to local governments using a reform of the Finnish municipal grant system as a source of exogenous variation. We find that higher grants lead to lower municipal taxes and fees, higher public spending and improved budget balance. These changes in local fiscal policy lead to an increase in private sector jobs. Our estimates imply a cost per job of e33,000. The increase in jobs is paired with a reduction in commuting to other municipalities. The effect on migration seems small, suggesting grants bring local benefits without drastically affecting where households choose to live.

(Forthcoming Article) - We study rental income tax compliance using novel third-party information and a large-scale randomized field experiment. The third-party information combines register data on t...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Finnish Centre of Excellence - Tax Systems Research

<p>A study by Matias Giaccobasso (VATT Institute of Economic Research), Brad C. Nathan (Rutgers University), Ricardo Perez-Truglia (UCLA), and Alejandro Zentner (UT, Dallas) investigates the role of i...

(Forthcoming Article) - Do perceptions about government spending affect willingness to pay taxes? We test this hypothesis with a natural field experiment that focuses on the allocation of property tax...