PhD Candidate, Department of Economics
Contact Information:
Office: (315)443-7332
Fax: (315)443-1075
e-mail:
ahanson@maxwell.syr.edu
Research Interests:
Public Finance
Urban Economics
Papers and Publications:
"Poverty Reduction and Local Employment Effects of Geographically
Targeted Tax Incentives: An Instrumental Variables Approach"
(Job Market
Paper)
(abstract)
(pdf)
"Utilization of Tax Credits by Low Income Individuals"
National
Tax Journal,
Vol. 58, No. 4 December 2005: 743-786 (with Stacy Dickert-Conlin and
Katie Fitzpatrick)
(abstract)
(pdf)
"Capping the Mortgage Interest Deduction"
forthcoming
in National
Tax Journal, accepted August 2007 (with John
Anderson and Jeffrey Clemens)
(SSRN
Top Ten Recently Downloaded papers (Dec. 2006 - Jan. 2007) for Public
Economics, Subcategory: Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue)
(abstract)
(pdf)
"Utilization
of Employment Tax Credits: An Analysis of the 'Empowerment Zone'
Wage Tax Credit"
(SSRN Top Ten
Recently Downloaded papers (Feb. 2007) for Social Insurance,
Subcategory: Poverty, Income Distribution, and Income Assistance)
(abstract)
(pdf)
Work in Progress:
"The Incidence of the Mortgage Interest Deduction:
Evidence from the Market for Home Purchase Loans"
(abstract)