Description
Product ID: | 9780226708119 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Tax Policy and the Economy |
Title: | Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 34 |
Authors: | Author: Robert A. Moffitt |
Page Count: | 256 |
Subjects: | Economic theory and philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, Political economy, Public finance and taxation, Political economy, Public finance |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This volume presents five new studies on current topics in taxation and government spending. Mark Shepard, Katherine Baicker, and Jonathan Skinner explore implementation aspects of a Medicare-for-All program, which provides a uniform health insurance benefit to everyone, and contrast it with a program providing a basic benefit that can be supplemented voluntarily. John Beshears, James Choi, Mark Iwry, David John, David Laibson, and Brigitte Madrian examine the design and feasibility of firm-sponsored “rainy day funds,” short-term savings accounts for employees that can be used when faced with temporary periods of high expenditure. Robert Barro and Brian Wheaton investigate the impact of taxation on choice of corporate form, on the formation and legal structure of new businesses, and indirectly on productivity in the economy. Jonathan Meer and Benjamin Priday examine the impact of the 2017 federal income tax reform, which reduced marginal tax rates and the incentive for charitable giving, on such giving. Finally, Casey Mulligan analyzes the impact of the Affordable Care Act on whether firms employ fewer than 50 employees, the employment threshold below which they are exempt from the requirement to provide health insurance to their employees. |
Imprint Name: | University of Chicago Press |
Publisher Name: | The University of Chicago Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-07-15 |