A sign advertising tax preparation services. (Courtesy of suttonhoo on Flickr. CC-BY-NC-SA.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. James Poterba
Prof. Iván Werning
MIT Course Number
14.471
As Taught In
Fall 2012
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course covers theory and evidence on government taxation policy. Topics include tax incidence, optimal tax theory, the effect of taxation on labor supply and savings, taxation and corporate behavior, and tax expenditure policy.
