Prior to joining AEI, Alan Viard was a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and an assistant professor of economics at Ohio State University. He has also worked for the Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Analysis, the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, and the Joint Committee on Taxation of the U.S. Congress. Viard is also a frequent contributor to AEI's Tax Policy Outlook.

-Senior economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 1998-2006

-Visiting scholar, Office of Tax Analysis, Treasury Department, 2005

-Senior economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-2004

-Assistant professor of economics, Ohio State University, 1990-1998

-Economist, Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress, 1992-1993

Education

Ph.D., M.A., economics, Harvard University
B.A., economics, Yale University

 

Articles and Short Publications

The Real Problem with Obama's Tax Plan Effective Marginal Tax Rates, Part 2 Effective Marginal Tax Rates, Part 1

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Events

Progressive Consumption Taxation: Can It Be Done? Should It Be Done? The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen Tax Policy Lessons from the 2000s

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Speaking Engagements

Fiscal Stimulus and Medicaid Testimony before House Ways and Means Committee Implications of Economic Trends for Workers, Families, and the Nation

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