| Taxes and Capital Formation Contributor(s): Feldstein, Martin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226240797 ISBN-13: 9780226240794 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1987 Annotation: Economists have long recognized the importance of capital accumulation for productivity and economic growth. The development of quantitative knowledge about capital formation and its link to economic performance began at the national Bureau of Economic Research over fifty years ago with pioneering studies by Nobel laureate Simon Kuznets. In the years since, many other researchers at the Bureau have continued making valuable contributions in this area. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Taxation - General |
| Dewey: 336.200 |
| LCCN: 87005898 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.24" W x 9.29" (0.80 lbs) 131 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Economists have long recognized the importance of capital accumulation for productivity and economic growth. The National Bureau of Economic Research is currently engaged in a study of the relationship between such accumulation and taxation policies, with particular focus on saving, risk-taking, and corporate investment in the United States and abroad. The papers presented in Taxes and Capital Formation are accessible, nontechnical summaries of fourteen individual research projects within that study. Complete technical reports on this research are published in a separate volume, The Effects of Taxation on Capital Accumulation, also edited by Martin Feldstein. By addressing some of the most critical policy issues of the day with a minimum of economic jargon, Taxes and Capital Formation makes the results of Bureau research available to a wide audience of policy officials and staff as well as to members of the business community. The volume should also prove useful for courses in public policy, business, and law. In keeping with Bureau tradition, the papers do not contain policy recommendations; instead, they promote a better understanding of how the economy works and the effects of specific policies on particular aspects of the economy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feldstein, Martin: - Martin Feldstein (1939-2019) was the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University. From 1977 to 2008 he was president and CEO of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was chairman of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from 1982 to 1984. In 2006 he was appointed to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under George W. Bush, and in 2009 he was named to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board by Barack Obama. He was the editor of many books published by the University of Chicago Press. |