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Damian Vergara

Assistant Professor of Economics · University of Michigan

Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan and NBER Faculty Research Fellow in Public Economics. Works on optimal policy design, labor market institutions, inequality, tax policy and discrimination.

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Published American Economic Review Online 1 Oct 2025 Published Oct 2025

Place-Based Redistribution

Cecile Gaubert · Patrick Kline · Damian Vergara · Danny Yagan

Should national governments redistribute income to residents of poor areas through place-based transfers, or should redistribution rely solely on place-blind (income-only) taxes? The longstanding view …

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