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Professor James Poterba FBA

The economics of taxation and government spending, with a particular focus on policies that affect retirement security and capital formation
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2017
Sections
Economics and Economic History
Website
https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/poterba

Current post

Mitsui Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; President, National Bureau of Economic Research

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