2026 Joel Slemrod: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	93	154	140	111	99	364	35253

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award

Overview

Joel Slemrod is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with extensive work in related subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations, and Safety Research.

Their scholarly work covers several main topics, notably:

Taxation and Compliance Studies
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Among recent publications, the following papers illustrate some key contributions:

"Taxing Our Wealth" (2021), published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
"Taxing Hidden Wealth: The Consequences of US Enforcement Initiatives on Evasive Foreign Accounts" (2020), published in American Economic Journal Economic Policy
"Taxation and the Superrich" (2020), published in Annual Review of Economics
"Heard it through the grapevine: The direct and network effects of a tax enforcement field experiment on firms" (2020), published in Journal of Public Economics
"How Do Taxpayers Respond to Public Disclosure and Social Recognition Programs? Evidence from Pakistan" (2020), published in The Review of Economics and Statistics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Slemrod include:

Obeid Ur Rehman (46 publications)
Mazhar Waseem (46 publications)
Leonard E. Burman (15 publications)
Daniel Reck (7 publications)
Mónica Costa Dias (7 publications)

Slemrod's publications regularly appear in prominent venues such as Harvard Dataverse, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, International Tax and Public Finance, and The Journal of Economic Perspectives.

In addition to articles, Slemrod has contributed to several academic books. Notable book publications include two works published by Princeton University Press in 2021 titled Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue and a 2020 publication by Oxford University Press named Taxes in America.

Best Publications

Tax Avoidance, Evasion, and Administration

Joel Slemrod;Shlomo Yitzhaki

1810
Citations
The Elasticity of Taxable Income with Respect to Marginal Tax Rates: A Critical Review

Emmanuel Saez;Joel B Slemrod;Seth H Giertz

1709
Citations
What does tax aggressiveness signal? Evidence from stock price reactions to news about tax shelter involvement

Michelle Hanlon;Joel Slemrod

1665
Citations
Cheating ourselves: The economics of tax evasion

Joel Slemrod

1627
Citations
Taxpayer response to an increased probability of audit: evidence from a controlled experiment in Minnesota

Joel Slemrod;Marsha Blumenthal;Charles Christian

1144
Citations
The Economics of Corporate Tax Selfishness

Joel B. Slemrod

897
Citations
Optimal Taxation and Optimal Tax Systems

Joel Slemrod

893
Citations
Corporate tax evasion with agency costs

Keith J. Crocker;Joel Slemrod

885
Citations
Consumer response to the timing of income: Evidence from a change in tax withholding

Matthew D Shapiro;Joel Slemrod

742
Citations
Do Normative Appeals Affect Tax Compliance? Evidence from a Controlled Experiment in Minnesota

Marsha Blumenthal;Charles Christian;Joel Slemrod

567
Citations
Consumer response to tax rebates

Matthew D Shapiro;Joel Slemrod

560
Citations
Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Debate over Taxes

Joel Slemrod;Jon M. Bakija

555
Citations
Tax competition with parasitic tax havens

Joel Slemrod;John D. Wilson

526
Citations
Are corporate tax rates, or countries, converging?

Joel Slemrod

466
Citations
The Optimal Elasticity of Taxable Income

Joel Slemrod;Wojciech Kopczuk

453
Citations
The Economic Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986

Alan J. Auerbach;Joel Slemrod

452
Citations
What Do Cross-Country Studies Teach about Government Involvement, Prosperity, and Economic Growth?

Joel Slemrod;William G. Gale;William Easterly

413
Citations
A General Model of the Behavioral Response to Taxation

Joel B. Slemrod

408
Citations
Tax Effects on Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: Evidence from a Cross-Country Comparison

Joel Slemrod

403
Citations
Tax Compliance and Enforcement

Joel Slemrod

363
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shlomo Yitzhaki Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Wojciech Kopczuk Columbia University

Matthew D. Shapiro University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Roger H. Gordon University of California, San Diego

Martin Feldstein Harvard University

Douglas A. Shackelford University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

R. Glenn Hubbard Columbia University

William G. Gale Brookings Institution

Alberto Giovannini Columbia University

Assaf Razin Tel Aviv University

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