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Tax evasion by the wealthy: Measurement and implications
2018
Daniel Reck is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Maryland and a nonresident scholar at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior, he was an assistant professor at the London School of Economics. His research interests include tax evasion and behavioral welfare economics.
His research has been published in the Journal of Public Economics, American Economic Journal, American Economic Review, and Journal of Political Economy.
His recent and ongoing work on tax evasion studies the effect of new enforcement policies on tax evasion via offshore accounts in the United States, and the relationship between tax evasion and the distribution of income and wealth.
He also studies optimal policymaking in behavioral economics and the effects of minimum wage rules on youth employment. Reck received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
Funded Research
Authored by Daniel Reck
Policy
Fighting tax evasion by the wealthy can raise revenue and restore the integrity of the U.S. tax system (opens in a new tab)
Blog DEC 20, 2022
By: Jeanne Bomare, Daniel Reck
Taxation
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
Media Mentions
Government Efficiency at the IRS Is Undercut by DOGE and Trump (opens in a new tab)
In the News MAY 6, 2025
Opinion in:
Bloomberg Tax
Daniel Reck’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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