Wojciech Kopczuk

Wojciech Kopczuk is a professor of economics at Columbia University.[1] He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Economics.[2]

Wojciech Kopczuk
AwardsIg Nobel Prize (2001)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw (BA, Msc)
University of Michigan (MA, PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
InstitutionsColumbia University
Main interestsPublic Economics, Labor Economics

Biography

Kopczuk received his BA and Msc from the University of Warsaw in 1996. He then received his MA and PhD from the University of Michigan. He taught at the University of British Columbia before joining Columbia University's faculty in 2003.[3] He is also a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research's Public Economics program.[4] His research has focused on tax policy and income and wealth inequality.[5] Kopczuk is a critic of the wealth tax.[6][7][8]

Kopczuk became editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Economics in September 2017.[3]

He received an Ig Nobel Prize in 2001 for discovering that people will try to postpone their own deaths to avoid the inheritance tax.[9][10]

References
  1. "Wojciech Kopczuk | Columbia SIPA". www.sipa.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  2. "Friedman named Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Public Economics". Opportunity Insights. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  3. "Wojciech Kopczuk" (PDF). Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  4. "Wojciech Kopczuk". NBER. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  5. "A Conversation on Wealth Inequality And Wealth Tax". Economics21. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  6. Kopczuk, Wojciech; Schrager, Allison (2022-01-18). "The Inequality Illusion". ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  7. "Taxing the rich". Penn Today. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  8. Tankersley, Jim; Casselman, Ben (2020-02-21). "The Liberal Economists Behind the Wealth Tax Debate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  9. "The Ig Nobel prizes: in praise of ridiculous research". Financial Times. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  10. "Business prof wins not so noble Nobel". ur.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
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