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Samara R. Gunter
Assistant Professor of Economics
Economics


Office: Diamond 371
Phone: 207-859-5249
Fax: 859-5229
Email: srgunter@colby.edu

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

Office Hours:
Fall 2009: W 2:30-4:00, F 9:00-10:30

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 finance
  • Behavioral economics
  • Policy analysis
Current Research


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

“State Earned Income Tax Credits and Participation in Regular and Informal Work”

“Shifts Between Formal and Informal Child Support After Welfare Reform”

Publications


“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.