Saku Aura

Research Areas:

• Public Economics
• Economics of the Family
• Other topics

Education

• PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1997 — 2001)
• Master's Degree University of Helsinki (1996 — 1997)
• Bachelor's (Maisteri) University of Helsinki (1992 — 1996)

Companies

• Associate Professor of Economics University of Missouri (2002)
• Visiting Professor Aalto University (2010 — 2010)
• Visiting Professor Haas School of Business (2006 — 2006)
• Assistant Professor of Economics Bocconi University (2001 — 2002)

Public Economics

• Supply Constraints and Housing Prices joint Work with Thomas Davidoff (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia). Economics Letters, 99 (2008).

• An Analysis of Constrained Property Taxes in a Simple Optimal Tax Model. CESifo Economic Studies,Vol. 58, 3/2012, 525–543. Published version. Joint work with Thomas Davidoff (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia).

• Optimal Commodity Taxation and Land Use Regulation Under Property Tax Constraints Joint work with Thomas Davidoff (Sauder School of Business, Universityof British Columbia).

• A Positive Theory of Government Land Sales. Joint work with Francis K Cheung (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Shawn Ni (University of Missouri).

• Estate and Capital Gains Taxation: Efficiency and Political Economy Considerations

Economics of the Family

• Does the balance of power within a family matter? The case of the Retirement Equity Act.
  Journal of Public Economics, 89 (2005). Published version. Working Paper version.
• Uncommitted Couples: Some Efficiency and Policy Implications of Marital Bargaining