Michael Best is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Columbia University. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research and an affiliate with the Center for Development Economics and Policy and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development. Dr Michael focuses his research on public economics and development economics, particularly public policy and the housing market, tax evasion, and public procurement in low and middle-income countries. Dr Michael holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE). He completed his MRes Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and MPhil Economics from University of Oxford.