Zachary W Richards
Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Business and Economic Research
The University of Tennessee
804 Volunteer Blvd.
107 Temple Court
Knoxville, TN 37996-4334
Phone: 865-974-6073
Fax: 865-974-3100
Email: zrichards@utk.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Education
Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Economics, expected May 2009
M.A., The University of Tennessee, Economics, August 2006
B.A., Salisbury University, Economics, December 2003
Dissertation
Title: Essays on Capital Gains Taxes and Housing [abstract]
Committee: Donald Bruce (advisor), Matthew Murray, William Fox, Mohammed Mohsin, Thomas Boehm
Fields of Specialization
Public Finance, International Economics, Monetary Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics
Research in Progress
Does the Exclusion of Capital Gains Taxes on Housing Really Promote Labor Mobility? (Job Market Paper) [pdf]
Estimating the Effects of the Bush Tax Cuts' Expiration on Homeowner Welfare
TRA97 and the Taxation of Capital Gains from Owner-Occupied Housing: Has it Dampened the Effects of Monetary Policy?
An Examination of Labor Force Reactions to the Earned Income Tax Credit [pdf]