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Macro Public Finance Lab @ ANU
Micro data and macro models for better economic policy

Working Paper Series

WP2024-03 Health Heterogeneity, Portfolio Choice and Wealth Inequality” by Juergen Jung and Chung Tran

WP2024-02 Child-Related Transfers, Means Testing and Welfare” by Darapheak Tin and Chung Tran

WP2024-01 Optimal Size and Composition of Government Spending in Open Economies” by Qingyuan Du, Pedro Gomis-Porqueras, Solmaz Moslehi and Chung Tran

WP2023-04 Progressive Pension and Optimal Tax Progressivity by Chung Tran and Nabeeh Zakariyya

WP2023-03 Uninterrupted Growth, Redistribution and Inequality: The Australian Case 1991-2020″ by Chung Tran and Nabeeh Zakariyya

WP2023-02Dividend Imputation, Investment Capital Accumulation in Open Economies” by Chung Tran and Sebastian Wende

WP2023-01Incidence of Capital Income Taxation in a Lifecycle Economy with Firm Heterogeneity” by Chung Tran and Sebastian Wende


Refereed Journals

Income Dynamics, Redistribution and Inequality

  1. “Lifecycle Earnings Risk and Insurance: New Evidence from Australia”
    • Authors: Darapheak Tin and Chung Tran
    • Economic Record, 2023
    • PaperSlides
  2. Tax Progressivity in Australia: Facts, Measurements and Estimates”

Health and Macroeconomy

  1. “Health Risk, Insurance and Optimal Progressive Income Taxation”
  2. “Social Health Insurance: A Quantitative Exploration”
    • Authors: Juergen Jung and Chung Tran
    • Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,  Vol. 139, June 2022
    • PaperTTPI Blog
  3. “Market Inefficiency, Insurance Mandate and Welfare: U.S Health Care Reform 2010”
    • Authors: Juergen Jung and Chung Tran
    • Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 20, April 2016 
    • PaperSlides, Appendix
  4. “Medical Consumption over the Life Cycle: Facts from a U.S. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey”
    • Authors: Juergen Jung and Chung Tran
    • Empirical Economics, Vol. 47(3), November 2014
    • PaperSlides

Taxation and Fiscal Policies

  1. “On the Marginal Excess Burden of Taxation in an Overlapping Generations Economy”
  2. “Temptation and Taxation with Elastic Labor”
    • Author: Chung Tran
    • Economic Modelling, Vol. 70, April 2018
    • Paper, Slides
  3. “Fiscal Policy as a Temptation Control Device”
    • Author: Chung Tran
    • Economic Modelling, Vol. 55, June 2016  
    • PaperSlides
  4. “Trade-Offs in Means-Tested Pension Design”
  5. “Temptation and Social Security in a Dynastic Framework”
    • Authors: Cagri Kumru and Chung Tran
    • European Economic Review, Vol. 56 (7), October 2012  
    • Paper, Slides

Debt, Fiscal Limits and Budget Repairing Measures

  1. “Comparing Budget Repair Measures in a Small Open Economy with Growing Debt”
    • Authors: George Kudrna and Chung Tran
    • Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 55, March 2018 
    • Paper, Slides, TTPI Blog 
  2. “Fiscal Austerity Measures: Spending Cuts vs. Tax Increases”
    • Authors:  Gerhard Glomm, Juergen Jung and Chung Tran
    • Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 22 (2), March 2018 
    • PaperSlides

Fiscal Policies in Developing Countries 

  1. “The Extension of Social Security Coverage in Developing Countries”
    • Authors: Juergen Jung and Chung Tran
    • Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 9, November 201
    • Paper, Slides, Appendix
  2. “Public Pension Policies and Capital Accumulation in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Brazil”
    • Authors: Gerhard Glomm, Juergen Jung, Changmin Lee and Chung Tran
    • The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 10 (1), Article 15, May 2010  
    • Paper, Slides, EL Blog
  3. “Macroeconomic Implications of Early Retirements in the Public Sector: The Case of Brazil”
    • Authors: Gerhard Glomm, Juergen Jung and Chung Tran
    • Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 33 (4), April 2009 
    •  Paper, Slides

The Macroeconomic Consequences of Population Aging

  1. “Sustainable and Equitable Pension with Means-Testing in Aging Economies”
    • Authors: George Kudrna, Chung Tran and Alan Woodland
    • European Economic Review Vol. 141, January 2022
    • PaperSlidesAppendix
  2. “Facing Demographic Challenges: Pension Cuts or Tax Hikes”
    • Authors: George Kudrna, Chung Tran and Alan Woodland
    • Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 23 (2),  March 2019
    • PaperSlidesTTPI Blog
  3. “Aging and Health Financing in the US: A General Equilibrium Analysis”
    • Authors: Juergen Jung, Chung Tran and Matt Chambers
    • European Economic Review, Vol. 100, November 2017 
    • PaperSlidesNEP-DGE Blog
  4. “The Dynamic Fiscal Effects of Demographic Shift: The Case of Australia”
    • Authors: George Kudrna, Chung Tran and Alan Woodland
    • Economic Modelling, Vol. 50, November 2015 
    • PaperSlidesTreasury Review