Chris Sleet

Chris Sleet is a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester specializing in public and macroeconomic policy design. His research examines optimal taxation, dynamic contracts, and fiscal policy in environments with frictions and private information.

Sleet's research program focuses on:

• Optimal taxation over different time horizons
• Redistributive policies
• Dynamic incentive problems
• Labor market frictions
• Discrete choice modeling

His publications develop theoretical frameworks for tax policy design in dynamic economies, analyzing how taxation affects income generation choices, labor supply decisions, and human capital investments. Recent work integrates discrete choice models into optimal taxation theory and explores long-run tax design principles.

Professor Sleet has made methodological contributions to recursive optimization techniques and their application to economic policy questions. His research provides foundations for understanding tax implications in environments with market incompleteness and private information.