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2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
93
Citations
35253
World Ranking
154
National Ranking
111

Joel Slemrod publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joel Slemrod sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 364 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Joel Slemrod D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joel Slemrod sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 93 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

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

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

    Emmanuel Saez;Joel B Slemrod;Seth H Giertz

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

    Michelle Hanlon;Joel Slemrod

  • Cheating ourselves: The economics of tax evasion

    Joel Slemrod

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

    Joel Slemrod;Marsha Blumenthal;Charles Christian

  • The Economics of Corporate Tax Selfishness

    Joel B. Slemrod

  • Optimal Taxation and Optimal Tax Systems

    Joel Slemrod

  • Corporate tax evasion with agency costs

    Keith J. Crocker;Joel Slemrod

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

    Matthew D Shapiro;Joel Slemrod

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

    Marsha Blumenthal;Charles Christian;Joel Slemrod

  • Consumer response to tax rebates

    Matthew D Shapiro;Joel Slemrod

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

    Joel Slemrod;Jon M. Bakija

  • Tax competition with parasitic tax havens

    Joel Slemrod;John D. Wilson

  • Are corporate tax rates, or countries, converging?

    Joel Slemrod

  • The Optimal Elasticity of Taxable Income

    Joel Slemrod;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • The Economic Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986

    Alan J. Auerbach;Joel Slemrod

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

    Joel Slemrod;William G. Gale;William Easterly

  • A General Model of the Behavioral Response to Taxation

    Joel B. Slemrod

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

    Joel Slemrod

  • Tax Compliance and Enforcement

    Joel Slemrod

Frequent Co-Authors

Shlomo Yitzhaki
Shlomo Yitzhaki Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Wojciech Kopczuk
Wojciech Kopczuk Columbia University
Matthew D. Shapiro
Matthew D. Shapiro University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Roger H. Gordon
Roger H. Gordon University of California, San Diego
Martin Feldstein
Martin Feldstein Harvard University
Douglas A. Shackelford
Douglas A. Shackelford University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
R. Glenn Hubbard
R. Glenn Hubbard Columbia University
William G. Gale
William G. Gale Brookings Institution
Alberto Giovannini
Alberto Giovannini Columbia University
Assaf Razin
Assaf Razin Tel Aviv University

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