Michael Best is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University. Michael's research focuses on tax evasion in developing countries and its implications for optimal tax policy and administration; the determinants of the effectiveness of public procurement in developing countries and the design of policies to improve it; and the effects of tax policy and the design of optimal tax policies in developed countries. Prior to joining Columbia, Michael was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Michael holds a PhD from the LSE and an M.Phil from the University of Oxford.
Education
PhD Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2014
MRes (Distinction) Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2009
MPhil (Distinction) Economics, University of Oxford, 2008
BSc Government & Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2006