Martin Lopez-Daneri

I am a Staff Economist at the U.S. Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation and a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University. My research is in macroeconomics, combining structural modeling with rich empirical analysis to study how policy, institutions, and economic behavior interact to shape aggregate and distributional outcomes.

I have held faculty positions at Temple University and Virginia Commonwealth University, served as a Research Scholar at the USC-Dornsife INET (Institute for New Economic Thinking) at the University of Southern California, and worked at the Central Bank of Chile, the Ministry of Economics in Argentina (INDEC), and in consulting and private firms.

Research Agenda (selected)

• Firm dynamics and taxation
• Entrepreneurship and legal forms
• Income risk, uncertainty, and inequality
• Policy design under heterogeneous agents

Selected Publications

• Guner, Lopez-Daneri, Ventura (2023), Review of Economic Dynamics — "The Looming Fiscal Reckoning: Tax Distortions, Top Earners, and Revenues."
• Lopez-Daneri (2016), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control — "NIT Picking: The Macroeconomic Effects of a Negative Income Tax."
• Guner, Lopez-Daneri, Ventura (2016), Journal of Monetary Economics — "Heterogeneity and Government Revenues: Higher Taxes at the Top?"

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, The University of Iowa (2012)
• M.A. in Economics, The University of Iowa (2009)
• Specialist in Statistics, Universidad de Buenos Aires (2006)
• Licentiate in Economics (Honors), Universidad Católica Argentina (2003)

Awards, Fellowships & Honors (selected)

• Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, The University of Iowa (2011–2012)
• IADB/LACEA Award (2010)
• Outstanding Research Paper Award, The University of Iowa (2009–2010)
• Fulbright Scholarship (2007–2009)
• Diploma de Honor, Universidad Católica Argentina (2003)

For details on academic service and mentorship, see Academic Service and Mentorship.