Akcan Balkir
University of California, Berkeley Economics
I am a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of California, Berkeley. My research focuses on public finance, labor economics, and environmental economics.
Research
"Green Subsidies and Local Transitions: Evidence from Energy Communities", Working Paper, 2026.
"How Much Tax Do US Billionaires Pay? Evidence from Administrative Data" with Emmanuel Saez, Danny Yagan, and Gabriel Zucman, NBER Working Paper, 2025.
"Estimating Tax Burdens by Wealth Groups" with Emmanuel Saez, Danny Yagan, and Gabriel Zucman, IRS SOI Working Paper, 2025.