Does price competition exist in the mutual fund industry? If so, is it too weak to prevent anticompetitive pricing by investment advisors to retail investors?

This working paper reconsiders and adds to empirical evidence on the effect of federal government debt and interest rates.

Top economists provide much-needed guidance--and some surprising conclusions--in response to rising public concerns about inequality in the U.S. tax system.

This book examines fiscal policy and the consumption tax.

The authors of this volume challenge the common perception that the removal of old distortions from the tax system would seriously hurt segments of the economy.

In the midst of general euphoria over a new and seemingly increasing federal budget surplus,this bookoffers a guide to this new situation.

The authors describe how proposed tax reforms would affect corporate financial policy and summarize economists' knowledge of the magnitude of those effects.

Can increasingly predominant shareholders improve the performance of the corporations they own and should they attempt to do so?

Top economists provide much-needed guidance--and some surprising conclusions--in response to rising public concerns about inequality in the U.S. tax system.

Do saving incentives such as Individual Retirement Accounts stimulate new saving or merely reshuffle existing assets?