Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
P: 207-859-4000
 
Samara R. Gunter
Assistant Professor of Economics
Economics


Office: Diamond 361
Phone: 207-859-5249
Fax: 859-5229
Email:

Mailing Address:
5230 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8852

Office Hours:
Fall 2013: M 2:30-4:00, Tu 12:30-2:00

Semester Schedule
Education


Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2008
M.A. University of Michigan, 2003
B.A. University of Chicago, 2000

Areas of Expertise:
  • Public economics
  • Economics of taxation
  • Welfare and poverty
Other Courses Taught
Course Course Title
EC 133 Principles of Microeconomics
EC 256 Economics of Crime
EC 351 Public Finance
Current Research

"Who Responds to Survey Questions About Child Support?"

"Electronic Filing and Tax Refunds"

"Salience and Payment Methods: The Effect of Child Support Withholding on Father-Child Contact"

"Bridging the Tax Gap: New Estimates of the Tax Gap from Income Underreporting"

"Informal Labor Supply in the United States: New Estimates from the Fragile Families Survey"

Publications


State Earned Income Tax Credits and Participation in Regular and Informal Work. National Tax Journal 66(1): 33-62.


"Effects of Child Support Pass-Through and Disregard Policies on In-Kind Child Support." Review of Economics of the Household 11(2): 193-209.


"An Economic Evaluation of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001." (with William G. Gale). 2002. National Tax Journal 55 (March): 133-186.


Budget Blues: The Fiscal Outlook and Options for Reform? (with Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, and Peter R. Orszag). 2003. In Agenda for the Nation, Henry Aaron, James Lindsey, and Pietro Nivola, eds. Brookings: 109-145.