This volume collects articles from the Symposium series of the National Tax Journal from 1993 to 1998. Leading economists and other scholars discuss and debate current tax policy issues in nontechnical language and illustrate how the principles of tax analysis can be applied to real-world issues. Among the topics addressed are the practical feasibility of consumption tax alternatives to the current income tax, the rationale and implications of devolution of fiscal responsibilities to state and local governments, the effect of tax policy on economic growth, and the value of local tax incentives designed to attract and retain business.
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This volume collects articles from the Symposium series of the National Tax Journal from 1993 to 1998. Leading economists and other scholars discuss and debate current tax policy issues in non-technical language and illustrate how the principles of tax analysis can be applied to real-world issues. Among the topics addressed are the practical feasibility of consumption tax alternatives to the current income tax, the rationale and implications of devolution of fiscal responsibilities to state and local governments. the effect of tax policy on economic growth, and the value of local tax incentives designed to attract and retain business.
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Over the past half century, the academic analysis of taxation has become more technical, increasingly involving sophisticated mathematics and statistics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
exact withholding, excess corporate tax, fair tax rate, nonexempt debt, taxation methodology, wealth neutrality, personal consumption tax, national retail sales tax, consumption tax proposals, consumed income tax, equalizing aid, domestic corporate investment, distributional programs, local job growth, marginal political cost, optimal tax rules, supernormal returns, excess foreign tax credits, commodity tax rates, lifetime tax burden, guaranteed tax base, unlimited savings allowance, general fund spending, taxpayer equity, marginal efficiency cost Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Over the past half century, the academic analysis of taxation has become more technical, increasingly involving sophisticated mathematics and statistics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
exact withholding, excess corporate tax, fair tax rate, nonexempt debt, taxation methodology, wealth neutrality, personal consumption tax, national retail sales tax, consumption tax proposals, consumed income tax, equalizing aid, domestic corporate investment, distributional programs, local job growth, marginal political cost, optimal tax rules, supernormal returns, excess foreign tax credits, commodity tax rates, lifetime tax burden, guaranteed tax base, unlimited savings allowance, general fund spending, taxpayer equity, marginal efficiency cost Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, United Kingdom, New York, American Economic Review, Joel Slemrod, Journal of Public Economics, Tax Notes, Tax Reform Act, Journal of Political Economy, Joint Committee, University of Chicago Press, The Brookings Institution, Cambridge Cambridge University Press, Quarterly Journal of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, Advisory Commission, Department of Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, New Jersey, Congressional Budget Office, James Poterba, National Tax Association, Ann Arbor, Census Bureau, John Yinger New!
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- Tax Policy and the Economy, Vol. 12 by James M. Poterba on 8 pages
- Fiscal Federalism (Modern Revivals in Economics) by Wallace E. Oates on 7 pages
- Tax Policy and the Economy, Vol. 4 by Lawrence H. Summers on 7 pages
- The Flat Tax: Updated Revised Edition (HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION) by Robert E. Hall on 6 pages
- Handbook of Public Economics, Volume 3 (Handbooks in Economics, Volume 4) by Martin Feldstein on 5 pages
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- Handbook of Public Sector Economics (Public Administration and Public Policy) by Donijo Robbins on page 554, page 556, and page 558
- Campaign Finance Reform and the Future of the Democratic Party by Jerrold E. Schneider in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Campaign Finance Reform and the Future of the Democratic Party by Jerrold E. Schneider in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- What Government Can Do: Dealing With Poverty and Inequality (American Politics and Political Economy) by Benjamin I. Page in Back Matter
- Fiscal Management (Public Sector, Governance, and Accountability) by Anwar Shah on page 105
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