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Bush Stimulus May Have Only Modest Effect

In principle, a well-timed and carefully designed economic stimulus package can help avert or minimize a recession. In practice, timing a fiscal stimulus is nearly impossible since forecasters usually "predict" economic turning points only long after they have occurred. Len Burman and Jeff...

January 16, 2008
Leonard E. BurmanJeffrey Rohaly
Research report

Revenue and Distributional Effects of the Individual Income and Estate Tax Provisions of Senator Thompson's Plan for Tax Relief and Economic Growth

Republican Presidential Candidate Fred Thompson has announced a tax plan that combines tax cut extensions, additional tax cuts, and an election to pay tax under a new alternative tax system that would substitute a larger standard deduction for all current deductions and credits and have two...

December 10, 2007
Leonard E. BurmanGreg LeisersonJeffrey Rohaly
Research report
Federal Budget and Economy

The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Microsimulation Model

The Urban-Brookings microsimulation tax model is a powerful tool for federal tax policy analysis. The model calculates tax liability for a representative sample of households, both under the rules that currently exist (current law) and under alternative scenarios. Based on these calculations,...

January 10, 2005
Jeffrey RohalyAdam CarassoMohammed Adeel Saleem