This page contains the section slides I wrote as a teaching fellow for Harvard’s Economics 2450A, the first half of Harvard’s two-semester graduate (Ph.D.) public economics sequence, in Fall 2022. This course was taught by Stefanie Stantcheva, and focuses heavily on optimal tax theory. These section slides closely follow the content from Stefanie’s lecture slides, which she has kindly posted online here.
- Review Math and Microeconomics Review Notes Notes PDF
- Week 1 Microeconomics Review Slides PDF
- Week 2 Optimal Income Taxation I Slides PDF
- Week 3 Optimal Income Taxation II Slides PDF
- Week 4 Optimal Income Taxation III Slides PDF
- Week 5 Commodity Taxation, Optimal Transfers Slides PDF
- Week 6 Optimal Taxes/Transfers and Extensive Margins Slides PDF
- Week 7 Estimating Taxable Income Elasticities Slides PDF
- Week 8 Tax Avoidance and Evasion Slides PDF
- Week 9 Generalized Social Welfare Weights Slides PDF
- Week 10 Generalized Social Welfare Weights (Applications) Slides PDF
- Week 11 New Dynamic Public Finance Slides PDF
These section slides were based on teaching materials handed down by past EC2450A teaching fellows, including Benny Goldman and Anthony Yu. All errors are my own - let me know if you find any!