Book Description

The Tax Policy and the Economy series presents new research bearing on the economiceffects of taxation on economic performance and analysis of the effects of potential tax reforms.Results of research are presented in a timely and accessible fashion and will be of interest to taxpractitioners and those involved in formulating tax policy.James M. Poterba is Professor ofEconomics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contents: Alternatives to Traditional IRAs:Floors and Ceilings in Saving Incentives, B. Douglas Bernheim. New Evidence on the Incentive Effectsof R&D Tax Credits, Bronwyn H. Hall. Interindustry Subsidies and the Unemployment InsurancePayroll Tax, Bruce D. Meyer. What Do We Know About Enterprise Zones? Leslie E. Papke. Understandingthe Widening Income Distribution of the 1980s, James M. Poterba and Daniel R. Feenberg.