I am an applied microeconomist with a focus on public finance and tax policy. I work as a Financial Economist in the Office of Tax Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, focusing primarily on business and international taxation.
I received a PhD in 2022 from the University of Michigan, joint between the Department of Economics and the Ross School of Business' Department of Business Economics and Public Policy. Prior to grad school, I worked for several years in economic consulting at The Brattle Group, and received a B.S. in Economics from George Washington University.
My research explores the impact of tax policy on individual and business behavior. In this paper I studied the connection between the U.S. tax system and U.S. citizenship renunciation. I have also co-authored research on non-monetary tax enforcement tools, including the IRS program restricting passport access to seriously delinquent debtors and the California Franchise Tax Board's publication of its Top 500 largest tax delinquencies.
I am currently working on several new research projects with great co-authors:
Understanding how companies use Cost-Sharing Arrangements and IP transfers for international profit shifting.
Documenting how family income changes in the years when children begin attending college.
paulrorgan@gmail.com