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Denvil Duncan

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Research areas:
Policy Analysis
Public Finance and Economics
Areas of Interest:
Public economics
Labor economics
Economic development
SPEA 375F

Education

  • Ph.D., Georgia State University, 2010
  • M.Sc., University of the West Indies, Mona, 2003
  • B.Sc., University of the West Indies, Mona, 2001

Courses

  • Introduction to Public Finance and Budgeting
  • Public Finance and Budgeting
  • Seminar in Revenue Theory and Administration
  • Microeconomics for Public Policy

Biography

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Curriculum Vitae

Denvil Duncan is an economist whose primary research focuses on the causes and consequences of tax evasion. His research has explored the impact of tax evasion opportunities on income inequality, labor supply, risk taking behavior, and tax incidence. He has also written on the subjects of shadow economic activity, tax morale, and tax competition, with his work published in top journals such as the European Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, the National Tax Journal, and International Tax and Public Finance.

Another branch of Duncan's research explores the political acceptability of using road mileage user-fees to finance road construction, repair, and maintenance. 

Duncan joined O'Neill's faculty in 2010.



Highlights

  • O’Neill Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2023
  • Editorial Board of National Tax Journal
  • Associate Editor of Public Finance Review
  • Recipient of $90,800 award to study public opinion about alternative ways of financing road infrastructure in Indiana
  • Testified before joint committee in Indiana State Legislature on alternative financing options for road construction, maintenance and repair
  • Visiting Scholar at the Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
  • Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany
  • Affiliate Faculty of the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University
  • Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies, Mona
  • Research associate at the Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim, Germany

Selected Works

  • “Asymmetric Labor Supply Response to Tax and Wage Rate Changes,” (with Philipp Doerrenberg, Max Loefler), Labour Economics, (April 2023)                                                                      
  • A Macroeconomic Study of Federal and State Automotive Regulations with Recommendations for Analysts, Regulators, and Legislators with Recommendations for Analysts, Regulators, and Legislators, (with S. Carley, J.D. Graham, S. Siddiki, and N. Zirogiannis), IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs (March 2017)
  • "Searching for a Tolerable Tax: Public Attitudes toward Roadway Financing Alternatives," (with V. Nadella, A. Clark, S. Giroux, and J.D. Graham), Public Finance Review, 1-23 (June 21, 2016)
  • "Rethinking Auto Fuel Economy Policy:Technical and Policy Suggestions for the 2016-17 Midterm Reviews," (with S. Carley, D. Esposito, J.D. Graham, S. Siddiki, N. Zirogiannis), Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (February 2016)
  • “Circumstantial Risk: Impact of Future Tax Evasion and Labor Supply Opportunities on Risk Exposure,” (with P. Doerrenberg and C. Zeppenfeld)  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 109 (January): 85-100 (2015)
  • “Experimental Evidence on the Relationship between Tax Evasion Opportunities and Labor Supply,” (with P. Doerrenberg) European Economic Review, 68 (May): 48-70 (2014)
  • "Behavioral Responses and the Distributional Effects of the Russian 'Flat' Tax,"Journal of Policy Modeling, 36 (2): 226-240 (2014)
  • “Bumpy Designs: Impact of Privacy and Technology Costs on Support for Road Mileage User Fees,” (with V. Nadella, A. Bowers, S. Giroux, and J. Graham) National Tax Journal, 67 (3): 505-530 (2014)
  • "Estimating Tax Agency Efficiency," (with J. Alm) Public Budgeting and Finance, 34 (3) 92-110 (2014)
  • “Switching on the Lights: Do Higher Income Taxes Push Economic Activity into the Shade?” (with K. S. Peter) National Tax Journal, 67 (2):321-350 (2014)
  • “Personal Income Tax Mimicry: Evidence from International Panel Data,” (with E. Gerrish) International Tax and Public Finance, 21 (1):119-152 (2014)
  • "Demand for benefit taxation: evidence from public opinion on road financing," (with A. Bowers, St. Giroux, J. Graham, and V. Nadella,  Ashley Bowers, Stacey Giroux and John Graham) Public Budgeting and Finance, 34 (4) 120-142 (2014)

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