The establishment of new accounting rules for expensing options would likely do more harm than good.

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

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

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

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?

The establishment of new accounting rules for expensing options would likely do more harm than good.

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.

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