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Comments on “What is the Optimal Immigration Policy? Migration, Jobs and Welfare” by Guerreiro, Rebelo, and Teles by Ales, Laurence

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Optimal Taxation of Income‐Generating Choice by Ales, Laurence, Sleet, Christopher

“…Discrete location, occupation, skill, and hours choices of workers underpin their incomes. This paper analyzes the optimal taxation of discrete…”
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Taxing Top CEO Incomes by Ales, Laurence, Sleet, Christopher

“…We use a firm-CEO assignment framework to model the market for CEO effective labor. In the model's equilibrium, more talented CEOs match with and supply more…”
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Comments on “The evolution of wealth inequality over half a century: The role of taxes, transfers and technology” by Barış Kaymak - Markus Poschke by Ales, Laurence

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Technical change, wage inequality, and taxes by Ales, Laurence, Kurnaz, Musab, Sleet, Christopher

“…This paper considers the normative implications of technical change for tax policy design. A task-to-talent assignment model of the labor market is embedded…”
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Optimal Award Scheme in Innovation Tournaments by Ales, Laurence, Cho, Soo-Haeng, Körpeoǧlu, Ersin

“…In an innovation tournament, an organizer solicits innovative ideas from a number of independent agents. Agents exert effort to develop their solutions, but…”
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Non-exclusive dynamic contracts, competition, and the limits of insurance by Ales, Laurence, Maziero, Pricila

“…We study how the presence of non-exclusive contracts limits the amount of insurance provided in a decentralized economy. We consider a dynamic Mirrleesian…”
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A theory of political and economic cycles by Ales, Laurence, Maziero, Pricila, Yared, Pierre

“…We develop a theoretical framework in which political and economic cycles are jointly determined. These cycles are driven by three political economy frictions:…”
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Revision proofness by Ales, Laurence, Sleet, Christopher

“…We analyze an equilibrium concept called revision-proofness for infinite-horizon games played by a dynasty of players. Revision-proofness requires strategies…”
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Innovation Tournaments with Multiple Contributors by Ales, Laurence, Cho, Soo‐Haeng, Körpeoğlu, Ersin

“…This study examines innovation tournaments in which an organizer seeks solutions to an innovation‐related problem from a number of agents. Agents exert effort…”
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Not all technological change is equal: how the separability of tasks mediates the effect of technology change on skill demand by Combemale, Christophe, Whitefoot, Kate S, Ales, Laurence, Fuchs, Erica R H

“…Abstract We measure the labor-demand effects of two simultaneous forms of technological change—automation of production processes and consolidation of parts…”
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Taxing Atlas: Executive compensation, firm size, and their impact on optimal top income tax rates by Ales, Laurence, Bellofatto, Antonio Andrés, Wang, Jessie Jiaxu

“…We study the optimal taxation of top labor incomes. Top income earners are modeled as managers who operate a span of control technology as in Rosen (1982)…”
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A model of banknote discounts by Ales, Laurence, Carapella, Francesca, Maziero, Pricila, Weber, Warren E.

“…Prior to 1863, state-chartered banks in the United States issued notes—dollar-denominated promises to pay specie to the bearer on demand. Although these notes…”
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Risk sharing with private information by Ales, Laurence Gerard

“…This thesis studies the optimal provision of insurance in environments with asymmetric information. Individuals are subject to idiosyncratic uncertainty and…”
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Risk sharing with private information by Ales, Laurence Gerard

“…This thesis studies the optimal provision of insurance in environments with asymmetric information. Individuals are subject to idiosyncratic uncertainty and…”
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