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PhD candidate in Economics

LMU Munich

I am a doctoral candidate in economics at LMU Munich. My research interests lie in the area of public economics, political economy, and normative economics.

In Fall 2022, I visited Columbia University. From February until May 2023, I was a visiting student scholar at University of California, Berkeley.

Research Topics

  • Inequality Measurement
  • Optimal Taxation
  • Redistributive Preferences
  • Tax Evasion

Education

  • MSc. in Quantitative Economics, 2019

    LMU Munich

  • BSc. in International Economics, 2017

    University of Tübingen

Publications

Paul Hufe, Andreas Peichl, Daniel Weishaar (2022). Lower and upper bound estimates of inequality of opportunity for emerging economies. Social Choice and Welfare 58 (3), pp. 395 - 427.

Publication

Work in Progress

Just Cheap Talk? Investigating Fairness Preferences in Hypothetical Scenarios
Paul Hufe, Daniel Weishaar
Ungated Version (Nov. 2024) CRC Discussion Paper
Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Inequality and Fairness
Ingvild Almås, Paul Hufe, Daniel Weishaar
Ungated Version (Oct. 2024) CEPR Discussion Paper
Homes Incorporated: Offshore Ownership of Real Estate in the U.K.
Niels Johannesen, Jakob Miethe, Daniel Weishaar
Ungated Version (Aug. 2024) Oxford CBT Working Paper VoxEU Column FAZ Volkswirt (in German)
The Taxation of Couples
Felix Bierbrauer, Pierre Boyer, Andreas Peichl, Daniel Weishaar
Ungated Version (July 2023) CEPR Discussion Paper VoxEU Column
(Un)Fair inequality in the labor market: A global study
Ingvild Almås, Paul Hufe, Daniel Weishaar
Data collection in preparation
RJ Project Funding

Other Writing

Book Chapters

Ingvild Almås, Paul Hufe, Daniel Weishaar (2023). Equality of Opportunity: Fairness Preferences and Beliefs About Inequality. Handbook of Equality of Opportunity.

Publication

Policy Work (in German)

Felix Bierbrauer, Andreas Peichl, Dominik Sachs, Daniel Weishaar (2021). Mehrheitsfähige und wohlfahrtssteigernde Reformen des deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystems: Von Entzugsraten, Mittelstands- und Wohlstandsbäuchen. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 22 (3), pp. 191–202.

Publication Podcast

Andreas Peichl, Paul Hufe, Daniel Weishaar (2018). Intergenerationelle Einkommensmobilität: Schlusslicht Deutschland?. ifo Schnelldienst 71 (20), pp. 20–28.

Publication Media Coverage

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