Consolidating tax credits would help resolve problems of targeting and awareness, thus making them a better tool for alleviating poverty.
Countries with deficits that averaged about 20 percent of GDP have historically proceeded down three divergent paths. This paper discusses the historical evidence along each of these three paths and compares the current U.S. situation to past experiences.
The maze of tax credits that are typically available to low-income individuals under the tax code needs simplifying.
Replacing all of the seven different tax credits allowed under the current tax code with a simple policy holds significant promise.
The most effective solution to the problem of rising bankruptcies in these tough economic times is to help families keep their jobs, retain their earning power, stay in their homes, and live within their means.
Your beverage might soon contain the cost of universal health care.
This paper measures the incidence of a carbon tax on gasoline using current income and two measures of lifetime income to rank households.
The higher costs of production will translate to higher energy and product prices.
The conventional wisdom is wrong: cap-and-trade will affect all consumers nationwide with little to distinguish the burden across regions.
Cap and trade may be superior to command-and-control regulatory approaches, but it is not necessarily superior to other alternatives, such as a carbon tax.
The average household spends nearly as much on the consumption of indirect energy as it does on direct energy consumption.
Vigorous market competition for self-paying consumers may lead to more effective self-regulation and better health care options.
AEI Online
December 23, 2008
One critical economic question surrounding cap-and-trade is how to distribute the permits.
The good news for those who want to reduce energy consumption but cannot make major lifestyle changes is that there are unexplored options for reducing energy use.
AEI Online
August 22, 2008
What effects do health insurance mandates have on the size of small businesses?
The controversial Patent Reform Act would be costly and counterproductive.
The predicted probability of starting a business is 25 percent higher in states with higher bankruptcy exemptions than their neighbors relative to states with lower exemptions than their neighbors.
Few additional workers would actually be eligible forextended unemploymentbenefits, and the incentives created by extending them could do long-term harm to the economy.
AEI Online
January 31, 2008
Carbon taxes are more regressive when annual income is used as a measure of economic welfare than when proxies for lifetime income are used.
AEI Online
August 1, 2007
Despite the frequency of tax changes and their potential importance to investors, there has been relatively little modeling of anticipated tax changes.
The American household is better off financially than you may think, especially given the media frenzy over rising consumer debt.
A study of recent investment flows says that being a democracy may actually make it harder for a developing country to attract capital from abroad.
How are factors such as corruption perception and the level of democracy influencing foreign direct investment to developing economies?
AEI Online
January 19, 2007
Does the Census Bureau's annual population survey present an accurate picture?
Lenient bankruptcy laws encourage people to start businesses. We need to send the message that it’s O.K. to fail.
Most of the mainstream media have consistently characterized the current U.S. economy as rewarding the rich at the expense of everyone else.
The proof is in the pudding: The times are better than they used to be. The middle class is flourishing and optimistic.
To what extent are consumer bankruptcy filings induced by high levels of medical debt?
To what are wage rates responsive? Does labor bear the burden of taxes?
Are rising health insurance costs a serious problem for small businesses?
What is the link between taxes and manufacturing wages?
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