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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Calibration: Magnitude of Information Effects<br />

How big is the behavioral response to the information relative to<br />

effects of conventional policy instruments?<br />

Existing literature implies intensive margin elasticity of earnings w.r.t.<br />

1-MTR of at most ε = 0.25<br />

Complying tax pros increase treated clients’EITC by $58<br />

EITC expansion of 33 percent would generate same response<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 210 / 217

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