Taxes and Public Spending
Much of a country’s economic outcome is shaped by the way its national and local governments raise taxes and spend money. And persistent imbalances between revenues and expenditures can threaten the well-being of future generations. Sound tax policy requires understanding how taxes affect incentives and how workers and businesses respond. It is also important to evaluate the effectiveness of government spending on defense, entitlements, education, and other programs. ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏresearchers produce rigorous, nonpartisan evidence that goes beyond political rhetoric and informs discussions regarding tax and expenditure policy in the U.S. and around the world.
Keywords: income taxes, corporate taxes, incidence, optimal taxation, entitlements, public finance, debt, deficits, state and local public finance
People in Taxes and Public Spending Research
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Professor of Finance and Economics
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Associate Professor of Economics
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Professor of Finance and Economics
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Professor of Economics
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Professor of Health Policy
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Assistant Professor of Finance
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Professor of Economics
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Trione Visiting Professor
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Professor of Law and Political Science, Emeritus
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Assistant Professor of Finance
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Professor of Education
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Professor of Economics
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Postdoctoral Scholar, CAPRI
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Professor of Economics
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Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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Professor of Sociology
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Visiting Assistant Professor
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Visiting Assistant Professor
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Professor of Economics
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Professor of Economics
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Professor of Political Economy
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Associate Professor
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President and Bing Presidential Professor
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Professor of Economics
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Professor of Economics
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Trione Director of SIEPR
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Professor of Law
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Assistant Professor of Economics
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Professor of Economics
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Associate Professor of Health Policy
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Professor of Finance
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Professor of Accounting, Emeritus
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Professor of Political Science
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Associate Professor of Health Policy
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Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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Executive Director and Senior Research Scholar
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Professor of Economics
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Professor of Economics
Related Publications
- Mahoney , N. ., & Cummings, R. (2025). Framing the next four years: Tariffs, tax cuts and other uncertainties in the Trump administration. Policy Brief.
- Antill, S., Gandhi, A., Bai, J., & Sabety, A. (2025). Healthcare Provider Bankruptcies. Working Paper.
- Goda, G. (2024). Subsidizing Medical Spending through the Tax Code: Take-Up, Targeting and the Cost of Claiming. Working Paper.
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