Don Fullerton received a BA from Cornell in 1974 and a PhD in Economics from U.C.
Berkeley in 1978. He taught at Princeton University (1978-84), the University of Virginia
(1984-91), Carnegie Mellon University (1991-94) and the University of Texas (1994-2008),
before joining the University of Illinois in 2008. From 1985 to 1987, he served in the
U.S. Treasury Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis. His early
research in public economics focused on computable general equilibrium models of
taxation, marginal effective tax rates, the marginal cost of public funds, and
distributional effects of taxes on a lifetime basis. Recent research includes the
distributional effects of social security. In environmental and energy economics, he
works on household disposal of garbage and recycling, policies for green design, vehicle
emission control policies, carbon taxes, and other second-best policies in the energy
sector where direct environmental taxes are not feasible.
Distributional Effects of Environmental and Energy Policy
Environmental Policy in the Energy Sector
Environmental Policy in the Transportation Sector
Environmental Policy via Deposit Refund Systems
Garbage and Recycling Behavior
Other Environmental Issues
Social Security
Taxation: Analysis of Incidence
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Tax Incidence (with Gilbert E. Metcalf), Handbook of Public Economics (2002)
Taxation: Deadweight Loss
Taxation: Evaluation of Reforms
