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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 ...
Optimal Regional Insurance Provision: Do Federal Transfers Complement Local Debt?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-11-01)
Intergovernmental grants implemented by the central government of a federal fiscal system are justified on the grounds that they internalize interregional spillovers generated by local public goods provision or ...
Optimal Interregional Redistribution and Local Borrowing Rules under Migration and Asymmetric Information
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-09-16)
Assuming two types of regions that differ only in the discount rate, Huber and Runkel (2008) show that optimal federal redistribution is from impatient to patient regions, and optimal local public debt is higher in impatient ...
Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-10-01)
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 infections at meatpacking plants led to shutdowns across the United States. Beef became scarcer and with higher consumer prices, while ranchers received lower prices for their beef. ...
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 ...
Analysis of the Biden Proposal to Equalize Saving Incentives
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-10-16)
Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has proposed replacing the current tax deductions on contributions to 401(k) retirement accounts with a uniform refundable tax credit that would be deposited into the taxpayer’s ...
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 ...