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Mikhail Golosov

Homer J. Livingston Professor of Economics · University of Chicago

Homer J. Livingston Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, working on macroeconomics, public finance and political economy. Co-editor of the American Economic Review 2018-2023; Fellow of the Econometric Society.

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Published Classic Online 1 Sep 2023

A Perturbational Approach for Approximating Heterogeneous Agent Models

Anmol Bhandari · Thomas Bourany · David Evans · Mikhail Golosov

This paper reformulates perturbation approximation of heterogeneous-agent models as the problem of finding directional derivatives that solve small, analytically-characterized linear systems -- a …

Heterogeneous Agent Macro Business Cycles Free Read ↗

Published Quarterly Journal of Economics Online 27 May 2025 Published Jul 2025

The Optimal Taxation of Couples

Mikhail Golosov · Ilia Krasikov

What is the optimal joint nonlinear earnings tax schedule for married couples? How should one spouse's marginal tax rate depend on the other's earnings? When is individual earnings-based (separable) …

Public Finance Inequality Labor Markets Free Read ↗