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A Neglected Aspect of Tax Reform: Improving the Efficiency of Tax Expenditures on Employer-Provided Health Insurance
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-11-01)
The House recently passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the Senate now begins debate on its version of tax reform. Debate has centered on the tax reform's potential negative revenue effects and its disparate treatment of ...
Navigating the Earned Income Tax Credit
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-09-01)
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the federal government's largest means-tested cash assistance program. The popular anti-poverty program's maximum credits and income eligibility ranges have been legislatively increased ...
Federal Liabilities: 2017 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-06-01)
The official federal liabilities of the United States federal government totaled $22.8 trillion as of September 30, 2016. They include the debt held by the public of $14.2 trillion, federal employees; accrued retirement ...
The Border Adjustment Tax and Corporate Tax Reform
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-05-01)
Both House Republicans' 2016 tax plan and, more recently, President Trump's tax plan envision a rate cut for the corporate income tax (CIT): from the current 35% to 20% (the House plan) or 15% (the president's plan). To ...
Interview with Dr. Joshua Rauh
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-05-19)
Dr. Liu, Dr. Rettenmaier and Dr. Saving interview Kirby Distinguished Visiting Professor Dr. Joshua Rauh during his visit to Texas A&M University.
Federal Liabilities: 2016 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-08-01)
The 2015 Financial Report of the United States Government (FRUSG) identifies total federal liabilities of $21.5 trillion as of September 30, 2015. The debt held by the public, $13.2 trillion, comprises 61% of these ...
The Probability Premium Approach to Comparative Risk Aversion
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-05-01)
Prior Commitments
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-05-01)
The US Government's total liabilities were $22.8 trillion in 2016. The liabilities include the familiar debt held by the public of $14.2 trillion. They also include the accrued pension and other retirement benefits payable ...
Tradeoffs for Downside Risk-Averse Decision-Makers and the Self-Protection Decision
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-09-01)
Agents who are averse to increases in downside risk are defined as being averse to changes that shift a certain amount of risk to a lower income level. For downside risk averse decision makers, there are several tradeoffs ...