$60,000
Understanding the incidence of minimum wage increases
2019
Max Risch is an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business. His research fields include public finance, labor economics, and development economics.
He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan, where he previously earned his B.A. in political science and his M.A. in economics. Risch also received an M.P.A. from Columbia.
Funded Research
$15,000
Do pass-through owners pass tax burdens through to their workers?
2018
Grantees: Max Risch (opens in a new tab)
Authored by Max Risch
Policy
Tax evasion at the top of the U.S. income distribution and how to fight it (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAR 22, 2021
By: Daniel Reck, Max Risch, Gabriel Zucman
Taxation
Max Risch’s Working Papers
Academic
Tax Evasion at the Top of the Income Distribution: Theory and Evidence (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers MAR 22, 2021
By: John Guyton, Patrick Langetieg, Daniel Reck, Max Risch, Gabriel Zucman
Taxation
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