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Articles and Short Publications by Kent Smetters
Visiting Scholar

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The Rich Pay Their Fair Share
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Given how most information pertaining to the two presidential candidates' tax plans is presented in the press, it is all but impossible to say much about either fairness or efficiency. [Full Story]

The Optimal Design of Social Security Benefits
Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008
The ex-ante best U.S. Social Security replacement rate structure is fairly "flat." [Full Story]

Ticketmaster vs. Ticket Buyers
Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Ticketmaster recently launched an aggressive lobbying campaign to back new legislation in state governments across the United States to restrict free trading of event tickets. [Full Story]


Total Records: 3

Research Areas

Insurance

Risk management

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Kent A. Smetters
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 215-898-9811
Assistant: 202-862-5912
Fax: 215-898-0310
E-mail: smetters@wharton.upenn.edu