“...During and after the “Great Recession” that began in December 2007 the U.S. federal government enacted several rounds of activist fiscal policy. In this paper,...”

“...We examine the long-term effects of a 1998—2003 randomized experiment in Tulsa, Oklahoma with Individual Development Accounts that offered low-income...”

“...This paper examines the extent to which households offset pension wealth with reductions in other wealth. Systematic econometric biases imply that the...”

“...This paper provides new estimates of the federal budget outlook over 10-year and long-term horizons under three sets of assumptions: the Congressional Budget...”

“...The effects of fiscal policy on the economy have received substantial attention in academic and policy circles. We review this literature in light of recent...”

“...One recurring issue in the debate over the estate tax is its impact on the non-profit sector. With the top marginal rate of federal estate tax currently at 49...”

“...The alternative minimum tax (AMT) is a complex, unfair, and inefficient shadow tax system that threatens to affect 32 million taxpayers by 2010, many of them...”

“...AbstractThis paper examines retirement saving policy for independent – or contingent – workers, a growing segment of the workforce. Because few of these...”

“...The individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) was designed in 1970 to apply reduce aggressive tax sheltering, but under current law will grow to cover tens of...”

“...We estimate the social benefits of homeownership using an exogenous instrument based on randomly assigned treatment status from a field experiment that...”