Dina Pomeranz

Dina Deborah Pomeranz (* 1977 ) is a Swiss economist . She is one of the most influential economists in Switzerland.

Life

Pomeranz grew up in Zurich and graduated from high school there. She studied International Relations at the University of Geneva and in 2004 did her Masters at the University Institute for International Studies and Development in Geneva. In 2010 she received her PhD in economics from Harvard University with the dissertation Essays on Tax Evasion and Savings: Evidence from Three Randomized Experiments in Chile . From 2010 to 2011 she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT and from 2011 to 2017 an assistant professor at Harvard Business School . She published her studies a. a. in The American Economic Review . In 2017 she moved to the Institute for Economics at the University of Zurich as an assistant professor for microeconomics . She was a Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) from 2012 to 2017 and has been the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) since 2015 .

Her research areas are procurement , development economics , public finances (particularly tax evasion ) and North-South relations . One of her main areas of research is the role of VAT in tax enforcement. Methodically, she applies the impact analysis (impact assessment) in the tradition of Michael Kremer (her PhD Adviser), Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee on.

She is on the board of the organization Evidence Action, which implements evidence-based development projects for more than 200 million people worldwide, and on the editorial board of the journal Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspektiven . In 2018 she was elected to the board of the European Economics Association for 5 years.

media

Pomeranz is regularly asked in the media about the findings from her research and current world events, for example about the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics 2019. She is one of the most influential economists in Switzerland. In the Frankfurter Allgemeine's economists ranking in 2019, it took first place in the Twitter and online media category , which was created by the online magazine Makronom . According to the frequency of scientific citations, Pomeranz was ranked 86th of the Top Young Economists worldwide on RePEc in October 2019 .

Awards

2017: Winner of one of the renowned "ERC Starting Grants" from the European Research Council

2018: Excellence Prize in Applied Development Research of the Development Economics Committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik

Publications

with Sebastián Bustos, José Vila-Belda, Gabriel Zucman : Challenges of Monitoring Tax Compliance by Multinational Firms: Evidence from Chile . In: AEA Papers and Proceedings , Volume 109, May 2019, pp. 500-505, doi: 10.1257 / pandp.20191045 .
with José Vila-Belda: Taking State-Capacity Research to The Field: Insights from Collaborations with Tax Authorities . In: Annual Review of Economics , Volume 11, August 2019, pp. 755-781, doi: 10.1146 / annurev-economics-080218-030312 .
with Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier: Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile . In: Journal of Development Economics , Volume 133, July 2018, pp. 275–294, doi: 10.1016 / j.jdeveco.2018.01.006 .
with Paul Carrillo, Monica Singhal: Dodging the Taxman: Firm Misreporting and Limits to Tax Enforcement . In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics , Volume 9, No. 2, April 2017, doi: 10.1257 / app.20140495 .
No Taxation Without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax . In: The American Economic Review , Volume 105, No. 8, August 2015, pp. 2539-2569, doi: 10.1257 / aer.20130393 .
Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics: A Brief Introduction to Randomized Evaluations and Comparison with Other Methods . In: Public Finance Review , Volume 45, No. 1, January 2017, pp. 10–43, doi: 10.1177 / 1091142115614392 .
with Cristobal Marshall, Pamela Castellon: Randomized Tax Enforcement Messages: A Policy Tool for Improving Audit Strategies . In: Tax Administration Review , No. 36, January 2014, pp. 1–21 ( ciat.org ).

Web links

Dina Pomeranz at the University of Zurich
Dina D. Pomeranz in the RePEc project
Featured Speaker: Dina Pomeranz , World Bank : DEC Lecture Series: Raising Money for the State Challenges of Taxation in Developing Countries , July 16, 2018

Individual evidence

^ William Stern: Dina Pomeranz: Everything will be fine. May 25, 2020, accessed May 26, 2020 .
^ ^A ^b Daniel Hug: From Zurich to Harvard and back. (PDF) In: NZZ am Sonntag . December 11, 2016, accessed on November 16, 2018 (archived on the University of Zurich website ).
↑ Curriculum Vitae , website of the University of Zurich , accessed on November 7, 2019.
↑ Dina Pomeranz. Areas of expertise. University of Zurich.
^ Dina Pomeranz: The Role of the VAT for Tax Enforcement. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab .
↑ CV Pomeranz. (PDF) Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
^ Dina Pomeranz: Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics. In: Public Finance Review. Vol. 45, No. 1, January 1, 2017 (online November 5, 2015), pp. 10–43.
↑ Targeting the Hard-Core Poor: An Impact Assessment. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (PDF; 1.6 MB).
↑ Who we are. In: Evidence Action. Retrieved November 12, 2019 (American English).
↑ title page. In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftsppolitik , Volume 20, Issue 2, doi: 10.1515 / pwp-2019-frontmatter2 .
^ EEA - European Economic Association. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
^ Nobel Prize in Economics - The Empirical Revolution. October 14, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
↑ Dina Pomeranz: Nobel Prize for Economics goes to an economy that tackles . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed on November 7, 2019]).
↑ Stefan Häberli / Philip Küng (graphic): NZZ Economists Ranking 2019: Schaltegger new on the podium . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed on November 7, 2019]).
↑ Markus Diem Meier, Dominik Feusi: The ten most influential Swiss economists . In: Tages-Anzeiger , December 19, 2018.
↑ Patrick Bernau : FAZ Economists Ranking: Who is the Most Influential Economist? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 21, 2019.
↑ Philipp Stachelsky: The Makronom Twitter ranking is now part of the FAZ economists ranking . In: Makronom , September 23, 2019.
↑ Young Economist Rankings | IDEAS / RePEc. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
↑ List of ERC Starting Grants 2017. (PDF) Accessed November 8, 2019 .
↑ UBS Center | Economics. For Society. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
^ Prize for Excellence in Applied Development Research: Award Winners , website of the KfW donating the prize ; Former laureates at the Development Economics Committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik . Retrieved November 8, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Pomeranz, Dina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pomeranz, Dina Deborah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss economist
DATE OF BIRTH	1977

[1] William Stern: Dina Pomeranz: Everything will be fine. May 25, 2020, accessed May 26, 2020 .

[:0-2] A ^b Daniel Hug: From Zurich to Harvard and back. (PDF) In: NZZ am Sonntag . December 11, 2016, accessed on November 16, 2018 (archived on the University of Zurich website ).

[3] Curriculum Vitae , website of the University of Zurich , accessed on November 7, 2019.

[4] Dina Pomeranz. Areas of expertise. University of Zurich.

[5] Dina Pomeranz: The Role of the VAT for Tax Enforcement. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab .

[6] CV Pomeranz. (PDF) Retrieved November 12, 2019 .

[7] Dina Pomeranz: Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics. In: Public Finance Review. Vol. 45, No. 1, January 1, 2017 (online November 5, 2015), pp. 10–43.

[8] Targeting the Hard-Core Poor: An Impact Assessment. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (PDF; 1.6 MB).

[9] Who we are. In: Evidence Action. Retrieved November 12, 2019 (American English).

[10] title page. In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftsppolitik , Volume 20, Issue 2, doi: 10.1515 / pwp-2019-frontmatter2 .

[11] EEA - European Economic Association. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .

[12] Nobel Prize in Economics - The Empirical Revolution. October 14, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .

[13] Dina Pomeranz: Nobel Prize for Economics goes to an economy that tackles . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed on November 7, 2019]).

[14] Stefan Häberli / Philip Küng (graphic): NZZ Economists Ranking 2019: Schaltegger new on the podium . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed on November 7, 2019]).

[15] Markus Diem Meier, Dominik Feusi: The ten most influential Swiss economists . In: Tages-Anzeiger , December 19, 2018.

[16] Patrick Bernau : FAZ Economists Ranking: Who is the Most Influential Economist? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 21, 2019.

[17] Philipp Stachelsky: The Makronom Twitter ranking is now part of the FAZ economists ranking . In: Makronom , September 23, 2019.

[18] Young Economist Rankings | IDEAS / RePEc. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .

[19] List of ERC Starting Grants 2017. (PDF) Accessed November 8, 2019 .

[20] UBS Center | Economics. For Society. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .

[21] Prize for Excellence in Applied Development Research: Award Winners , website of the KfW donating the prize ; Former laureates at the Development Economics Committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik . Retrieved November 8, 2019.