Research Interests
Public Economics; environmental economics; welfare economics
Education
Economics, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, M.Sc., University of London (London School of Economics)
Economics, B.Sc., University of London (Queen Mary College)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Leiby S. Hall Endowed Chair and Professor Emeritus, Economics
External Links
Recent Publications
Bastani, S., Blomquist, S., Gahvari, F., Micheletto, L., & Tayibov, K. (2025). Optimal housing taxation with land scarcity and maintenance: A Mirrleesian perspective. European Economic Review, 178, Article 105078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.105078
Canta, C., Cremer, H., & Gahvari, F. (2024). Welfare-improving tax evasion. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 126(1), 98-126. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12539
Bastani, S., Gahvari, F., & Micheletto, L. (2023). Nonlinear taxation of income and education in the presence of income-misreporting. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 25(4), 679-726. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12634
Canta, C., Cremer, H., & Gahvari, F. (2020). “Honor thy father and thy mother” or not: uncertain family aid and the design of social long term care insurance. Social Choice and Welfare, 55(4), 687-734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-020-01260-4
Gahvari, F., & Micheletto, L. (2020). Wage endogeneity, tax evasion, and optimal nonlinear income taxation. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 22(3), 501-531. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12424