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Elias Ilin

I am economist currently affiliated with the San Francisco office of Cornerstone Research. I provide economic analysis for commercial litigation matters and support experts in preparing for deposition and trial testimony. My work covers a range of cases, including Intellectual Property, antitrust and competition, and transfer pricing.

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Prior to my tenure at Cornerstone, I served as an Assistant Policy Adviser and Economist in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Additionally, I held the position of Associate Director of Research for Atlanta Fed’s Advancing Careers Project.

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I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University and a dual B.S. degree in economics from University of London and Moscow Higher School of Economics.

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You can contact me at elias.ilin@cornerstone.com

Featured Projects

Policy Rules Database

The Policy Rules Database (PRD) is an open-source repository that contains up-to-date program rules and provisions for all major federal and state public assistance programs, tax provisions, and tax credits in a single easy-to-use database.

Financial Planning Tools for Low Income Workers

​The CLIFF suite of tools developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta models the interaction of public benefits, taxes, and tax credits with career advancement.

Benefits Cliffs

I study how the structure of the U.S. tax and transfer system - featuring phase-outs as income rise - create disincentives for economic mobility of low- and moderate-income families.

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