Contact Information

Ellen R. McGrattan
4-161 Hanson Hall
612-625-6714
erm@umn.edu

Office Hours
By appointment

Mailing Address
Department of Economics
University of Minnesota
4-101 Hanson Hall
1925 4th St S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Research Materials

Current Teaching:

Econ 8185, Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics, 1&2
Econ 8792, Graduate Workshop
(Materials at canvas.umn.edu)

Griliches Lecture 2024

Research Program on Business Taxation


Recent Papers:

Business Income Underreporting and Public Finance
with A. Bhandari, D. Evans, Y. Yao
University of Minnesota working paper
Paper Slides

Taxes, Regulations, and the Value of US Corporations:
A Reassessment
Review of Economic Dynamics, 50:131-145
Paper Slides Additional files

On the Nature of Entrepreneurship
with A. Bhandari, T. Kass, T. May, E. Schulz
SOI Working Papers, Internal Revenue Service
Paper Slides

A Theory of Business Transfers
with A. Bhandari, P. Martellini
University of Minnesota working paper
Paper Slides

Sweat Equity in U.S. Private Business
with A. Bhandari
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 136(2):727-781, 2021
Paper Data appendix Additional files

What Do Survey Data Tell Us about U.S. Businesses?
with A. Bhandari, S. Birinci, and K. See
American Economic Review: Insights, 2(4): 443-458, 2020
Paper Data appendix Additional files
Response to Bricker, Moore, Volz (2022)

Quantifying Efficient Tax Reform
with J. Boerma
University of Minnesota working paper
Paper Slides

Taxation of Paid- and Self-Employment
with A. Bhandari and Y. Yao
University of Minnesota working paper
Paper

On Financing Retirement, Health, and Long-term Care in Japan
with K. Miyachi and A. Peralta-Alva
Minneapolis Fed Staff Report 586
Paper Additional files