Alisa Tazhitdinova

Alisa Tazhitdinova is an Associate Professor of Economics and Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). As Principal Investigator at the UCSB Public Finance Lab, her research focuses on public economics, tax policy design, and behavioral responses to taxation.

• Associate Professor | Department of Economics, UCSB
• Faculty Research Fellow | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
• Principal Investigator | UCSB Public Finance Lab

Research Interests:

• State and federal tax policy determinants
• Behavioral responses to taxation (capital gains, moonlighting, social insurance)
• Corporate political spending influence
• Value-added tax effects on international trade
• Policy evaluation methodologies
• Public finance empirical analysis

Scientific Contributions: Her work spans 7 years of publications in top journals like Journal of Public Economics and Review of Economics and Statistics, covering tax reforms, behavioral economics, and policy evaluation. She has authored 6 NBER working papers addressing tax policy drivers, moonlighting dynamics, and VAT trade implications.

Awards:

• 2016 IIPF Peggy and Richard Musgrave Prize

Collaborations: Frequent collaborations with scholars like Sarah Robinson, Cailin Slattery, and Gonzalo Vazquez-Bare across disciplines including public economics, econometrics, and political economy.