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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 7d
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The result: evasion is not just an individual decision.
It is mediated by professional networks, with important implications for how audit policies should be designed and evaluated.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 7d
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Advisors differ in their willingness to play this role.
This heterogeneity creates a market for intermediated tax evasion, where taxpayers sort themselves based on how tolerant advisors are of evasion.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 7d
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Exploiting quasi-random variation in audit policy, we find that tax advisors act as information hubs.
They learn about audit intensity from experience and incorporate this information into their clients’ tax strategies.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 7d
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Using population-wide data on all Italian sole proprietors, matched with audits and tax advisors, we show that some advisors actively serve clients who intend to evade taxes.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 7d
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The traditional view: tax advisors mainly provide technical expertise, helping taxpayers interpret complex tax laws.
Our evidence shows that some advisors play a much broader role.

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 7d
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My paper with @EleonoraPatacc2, @guiso_luigi, and @chiaralac, “Tax Professionals and Tax Evasion,” is finally out.
academic.oup.com/jeea/article...
If you are interested in social networks and fiscal policy, this one is for you. 🧵
Tax Professionals and Tax Evasion*
Abstract. Using unique data covering the entire population of sole proprietorships in Italy with their respective audit files, we examine the role of tax a
academic.oup.com

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · Nov 25
I very much doubt that Musk had 2.5pp effect on Trump's vote share.

Reposted by Pablo Brañas‐Garza, Seema Jayachandran, Marco Battaglini , and 6 more

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Apr 8
After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · May 23
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social

"Welfare in the volunteer’s dilemma"

By @battaglini.bsky.social & Thomas Palfrey

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#econsky
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · May 24
In the Volunteer Dilemma, more players can reduce the chance of success—yet paradoxically, per capita utility still always rises. But inefficiency per person vanishes slower than 1/n, so aggregate inefficiency grows without bound!
jpube.bsky.social Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · May 23
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social

"Welfare in the volunteer’s dilemma"

By @battaglini.bsky.social & Thomas Palfrey

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#econsky

Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · May 7
In these examples they have 2 friends.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Apr 10
I definitely agree: do not insult the referees before you submit, wait after the reports! 😈
bardharstad.bsky.social Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Apr 8
After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Apr 10
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So if you’ve got something in the works, consider submitting there.
We had a great experience!.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Apr 10
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Also — shoutout to JPubE!
The editor and the referees were great 🙏...and the entire process was fast and efficient.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Apr 10
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We study how welfare outcomes are shaped in strategic environments where individuals must decide whether to bear a cost for the public good — or hope someone else does. Classic dilemma, new insights. 😏
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Apr 10
🧵 New paper drop!
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Free access to our new article:
"Welfare in the Volunteer's Dilemma"
Joint with T. Palfrey.
📖 Free access: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktgWAlw9~...

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · Apr 1
Hours after the White House froze dozens of grants to Princeton, I sat down with its president.

I hope you’ll listen to our conversation about free speech, academic freedom, and cuts to research funding.

We also discussed Columbia’s concessions and the detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk.
Princeton’s President Responds to Attacks on Higher Education
Big Take · Episode
open.spotify.com

Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Mar 13
Conflict of interest? You don’t say... 😬
Exclusive | Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty Plea
The discussions for a stake in Binance’s U.S. arm come as founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea.
www.wsj.com

Reposted by Marco Battaglini

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Elliot Lipnowski @elliotlip.bsky.social · Feb 18
Honestly, you should probably just read this fascinating interview while you wait for somebody to return your keys to you.
www.jstor.org

Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Jan 3
Post muto, post festivo.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Nov 25
Well you cite a number from the paper and apply it where it should note applied. If I misunderstood your statement, then good and sorry, I misunderstood it.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Nov 25
I was referring to the statement that you did not believe the results of the paper. The paper is not about presidential races.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Nov 25
Then, my friend, you should read the paper instead of writing an ignorant opinion.
wwwojtekk.bsky.social Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · Nov 25
I very much doubt that Musk had 2.5pp effect on Trump's vote share.

Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Nov 25
Looking for a great political economy model? George Saunders offers you five, complete with reading comprehension questions and problem sets. Check it out:
Five Thought Experiments Concerning the Underlying Disease
Our civic wells are poisoned. Why?
www.newyorker.com

Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Nov 25
I did it and it worked.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Nov 14
RT @m_battaglini: So Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency has…

*wait for it*

Two co-chairs.

Yup, the satires write themselves.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Dec 6
FT book award winner Edmondson referring to the Gino debacle: "...lays out some possible paths for improvement, such as reducing pressure for academics to publish more studies." A masterclass on how to draw the wrong conclusions from the case. ft.com/content/0107...
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Nov 1
Today, snow. Yes, it is Ithaca.
Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · Jun 21
“I followed what I understood to be standard practice” says Alito, and you can see the lawyer in the “I understood “.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/21/alito-wsj-propublica-fishing-trip/