ATHIPHAT MUTHITACHAROEN

                                                                                                          November 2007

Department of Economics, MS-22, Rice University,
 6100 S. Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA.

Tel: (+1)713-614-1675, Fax: (+1)713-348-5278, Email: athiphat@rice.edu

URL: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~athiphat

 

EDUCATION     

·        Ph.D. in Economics, Rice University (expected May 2008).
Dissertation: Essays on Public Finance: The Incidence of the Property Tax and Economic Effects of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance .

      Committee: George R. Zodrow (Chair), Peter Mieszkowski and Robert Stein.

·        M.A. in Economics, Rice University (August 2007).

·        M.A. in International Economics and Finance, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand, May 2003.

·        Bachelor of Economics (Public Finance and Monetary Economics), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand, May 2002. (Graduated with first in class honors and awarded a gold medal for graduating top in the field of study).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

·        Primary Field: Public Finance (Theory of Taxation).

·        Secondary Fields: Public Policy, Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modeling and Applied Econometrics.

PUBLICATIONS

·        "State and Local Taxation of Business Property: A Small Open Economy Perspective," with George R. Zodrow,  Proceedings of the Ninety-Eighth Annual Conference on Taxation, pp. 434-440.  Washington DC: National Tax Association.

WORKING PAPERS

·        “The Excise Tax Effects of a General Property Tax”, with George R. Zodrow.

·        “The General Equilibrium Effects of Property Tax under The Capital Tax View”, with George R. Zodrow.

·         “A General Equilibrium Model of the US Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance System”, with Peter Mieszkowski.

CONFERENCE/ SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

·        "State and Local Taxation of Business Property: A Small Open Economy Perspective.", with George R. Zodrow, National Tax Association 98th Annual Conference on Taxation, Miami FL, November 17-19, 2005.

·        “Bequest Motive: An Empirical Analysis”, with Marika Santoro, The CBO Summer Project Seminar, Washington DC, August 16, 2006.

ACADEMIC HONORS

·        Presidential Fellowship, Rice University, Year 2003-2007.

·        Tuition Scholarship, Chulalongkorn University, Year 2002-2003.

·        Gold Medal Award for top graduate in the field of study, Chulalongkorn University, Year 2002.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

·        Research Assistant for George R. Zodrow, Department of Economics, Rice University, 2004-present.

·        Summer Associate, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), May – August 2006.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

·        Instructor, Principles of Economics, Rice University, Fall 2006 and Fall 2007.

·        Teaching Assistants: Public Finance: Tax Policy (Spring 2008), Microeconomic Theory (Spring 2007), Economics of Public Health (Spring 2006), Microeconomic Theory (Fall 2005), Macroeconomics Theory (Spring 2005), Corporate Finance (Fall 2004), Risk and Uncertainty (Fall 2004).

·        Tutor for Ph.D. qualifying exams: Macroeconomics, Rice University, August 2004.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

·        Softwares: Matlab, Gams, Gauss, Stata, SAS, SPSS and Latex/Scientific Workplace.

·        Languages: English (Fluent) and Thai (Native).

REFERENCES: Available upon request.