Carnegie Mellon University

Max Risch

Max Risch

Assistant Professor of Accounting

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  • 412-268-9543
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5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education

  • University of Michigan (Economics) - Ph D - 2019
  • University of Michigan (Economics) - MA - 2015
  • Columbia University - MPA - 2011
  • University of Michigan (Political Science) - BA - 2005

Publications

Working Papers

  • Does Taxing Business Owners Affect Employees? Evidence from a Change in the Top Marginal Tax Rate
    (author(s): Max Risch)
  • Independent Contractors in the U.S.: New Trends from 15 years of Administrative Tax Data
    (author(s): Max Risch, Alicia Miller, Katie Lim, Eleanor Wilking)

Awards and Honors

  • Washington Center for Equitable Growth Research Grant (2019)
  • Joint Statistical Research Program (IRS and SOI) - accepted proposal, “Firm-Worker Relationships and Responses to Policy Incentives,” with Nirupama Rao (2018)
  • Joint Statistical Research Program (IRS and SOI) - accepted proposal, “Classification of Firms and Workers and Return to Successful Innovation,” with Joel Slemrod, Stefanie Stantcheva and Paul Organ (2018)
  • Washington Center for Equitable Growth Doctoral Student Grant (2018)
  • University of Michigan - Debt Management Award (2018)
  • University of Michigan - MITRE Research Grant, (2017)
  • University of Michigan - International Institute Research Award (2016)
  • Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship (2013)
  • Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs Fellowship (2009)