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Working Papers

2008

1. Dynamic Globalization and Its Potentially Alarming Prospects for Low-Wage Workers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor Supply: A Welfare Analysis of Life-Cycle Funds
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
3. The True Cost of Social Security
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. To Roth or Not? -- That is the Question
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
5. Why Aren't Developed Countries Saving?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2007

6. Investment and the Cost of Capital: New Evidence from the Corporate Bond Market
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
7. Is the U.S. Bankrupt?
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
8. PUTTY-CLAY TECHNOLOGY AND STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
9. Risk, Uncertainty, and Option Exercise
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations
10. The Excess Burden of Government Indecision
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2006) View citations

2006

11. Americans' Dependency on Social Security
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2006)
12. Does It Pay, at the Margin, to Work and Save? -- Measuring Effective Marginal Taxes on Americans' Labor Supply and Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
13. On the General Relativity of Fiscal Language
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
14. Taxing Sales Under the FairTax: What Rate Works?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2005

15. Comparing Average and Marginal Tax Rates Under the FairTax and the Current System of Federal Taxation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
16. Mitigating America's Demographic Dilemma by Prefunding Social Security
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Macroeconomics Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2007)
17. Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
18. Who's Going Broke? Comparing Growth in Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
19. Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us Out to Dinner? Simulating the Transition Paths of the U.S., EU, Japan, and China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
20. Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us to Dinner? – Simulating the Transition Paths of the U.S., EU, Japan, and China
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Macroeconomics Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations
    Also in
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2005) View citations
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2005) View citations
    See Also Chapter (2006)

2004

21. Assessing the Economic Gains from Telecom Competition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
22. Fertility, Mortality, and the Developed World’s Demographic Transition
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo GmbH View citations
23. Pensions Systems and the Intergenerational Distribution of Resources
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy)
24. The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis (2004)

2003

25. Going Critical: American Power and the Consequences of Fiscal Overstretch
    Working Papers, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics
26. The Developed World's Demographic Transition - The Roles of Capital Flows, Immigration, and Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2003) View citations
27. The Impact on Consumption and Saving of Current and Future Fiscal Policies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2002

28. Does It Pay to Work?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2002) View citations
29. Intertemporal State Budgeting
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
30. The mismatch between life insurance holdings and financial vulnerabilities: evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations

2001

31. Does Participating in a 401(k) Raise Your Lifetime Taxes?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2001) View citations
32. Finding a Way Out of America's Demographic Dilemma
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
33. Fiscal Policy and Aggregate Uncertainty
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2001, Society for Computational Economics
34. Generational Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Chapter (2002)
35. Life-Cycle Saving, Limits on Contributions to DC Pension Plans, and Lifetime Tax Benefits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2001) View citations
36. The Coming Generational Storm
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2001, Society for Computational Economics View citations
37. The mismatch between life insurance holdings and financial vulnerabilities: evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations
38. Who gets paid to save?
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations

2000

39. How much should Americans be saving for retirement?
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations

1999

40. Comparing the Economic and Conventional Approaches to Financial Planning
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
41. Generational Accounting around the Globe
    Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics, University of Bergen View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)
42. Generational Accounting in the UK
    NIESR Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
    See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2000)
43. Simulating the Transmission of Wealth Inequity via Bequests
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2001)
44. Social Security's Treatment of Postwar Americans: How Bad Can It Get?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1999)
45. The Adequacy of Life Insurance: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1999) View citations
46. The Impact of Social Security and Other Factors on the Distribution of Wealth
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1999)

1998

47. An International Comparison of Generational Accounts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
48. Medicare from the Perspectie of Generational Accounting
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
49. Opting Out of Social Security and Adverse Selection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
50. Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1998)
51. The A-K Model: It's Past, Present, and Future
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1997

52. Generational Accounting in General Equilibrium
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
53. Simulating U.S. Tax Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1997)

1996

54. Simulating the Privatization of Social Security in General Equilibrium
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
55. The Effects of Income and Wealth on Time and Money Transfers between Parents and Children
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations
56. Understanding the Postwar Decline in U.S. Saving: A Cohort Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1995

57. Applying Generational Accounting to Developing Countries
    Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development View citations
58. Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations
    Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development (1995) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1997)
59. Privatization of Social Security: How It Works and Why It Matters
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development (1995) View citations
60. The Annuitization of Americans' Resources: A Cohort Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1994) View citations
61. Understanding the postwar decline in United States saving: a cohort analysis
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations

1994

62. Does the Consumption of Different Age Groups Move Together? A New Nonparametric Test of Intergenerational Altruism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
63. Some Inefficiency Implication of Generational Politics and Exchange
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1993

64. Generational Accounting in Norway: Is Norway Overconsuming its Petroleum Wealth?
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations
65. Generational accounting in Norway: is the nation overconsuming its petroleum wealth?
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations
66. Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1992)
67. The Equity of Social Services Provided to Children and Senior Citizens
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1993) View citations
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics (1993) View citations

1992

68. Alternative Policies to stimulate U.S. Saving
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics
69. Economic Exchange and Support Within U.S. Families
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
70. Generational Accounting: The Case of Italy
    Working Papers, Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi View citations
    Also in
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics (1991) View citations
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1992) View citations
71. Social security and Medicare policy from the perspective of generational accounting
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
72. The Economic Impact of Replacing Federal Income Taxes with a Sale Tax
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics
73. The Increasing Annuitization of the Elderly - Estimates and Implications for Intergenerational Transfers, Inequality and National Saving
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992)

1991

74. A Strategic Altruism Model In Which Ricardian Equivalence Does Not Hold
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1990)
75. Estimating a firm's age-productivity profile using the present value of workers' earnings
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1992)
76. Generational Accounts - A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1991) View citations
77. Generational accounting: a new approach for understanding the effects of fiscal policy on saving
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (1992)
78. How Rational Is the Purchase of Life Insurance?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
79. How Regional Differences in Taxes and Public Goods Distort Life Cycle Location Choices
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
80. Life Insurance Inadequacy - Evidence From a Sample of Older Widows
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
81. Risk-Sharing, Altruism, and the Factor Structure of Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Discussion Paper / Institute for Empirical Macroeconomics, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1991) View citations
82. U.S. Demographics and Saving: Predictions of Three Saving Models
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See Also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1991)

1990

83. Demographics, Fiscal Policy, and U.S. Saving in the 1980s and Beyond
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
84. Health, Children, and Elderly Living Arrangements: A Multiperiod-Multinomial Probit Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity and Autocorrelated Errors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
85. Tax Aspects of Policy Towards Aging Populations: Canada and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
86. The Provision of Time to the Elderly by Their Children
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1989

87. Corporate Taxation and the Efficiency Gains of the 1986 Tax Reform Act
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See Also Journal Article in Economic Theory (1995)
88. Employee Retirement and a Firm's Pension Plan
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
89. From Deficit Delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking For an Economically Meaningful Way to Assess Fiscal Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
90. How Much Care Do the Aged Receive from Their Children? A Bimodal Picture of Contact and Assistance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
91. Intergenerational Transfers and Savings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1988)
92. Looking for the News in the Noise - Additional Stochastic Implications of Optimal Consumption Choice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
93. The Dynamics of an Aging Population: The Case of Four OECD Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
94. The Economic Dynamics of an Ageing Population: The Case of Four OECD Countries
    OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Economics Department View citations
95. The Incidence and Efficiency Costs of Corporate Taxation when Corporate and Noncorporate Firms Produce the Same Good
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1989)

1988

96. Does the Harberger Model Greatly Understate the Excess Burden of the Corporate Tax? - Another Model Says Yes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
97. Estimating The Age-Productivity Profile Using Lifetime Earnings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
98. Laws as Assets: A Possible Solution to the Time Consistency Problem
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
99. Making Bequests Without Spoiling Children: Bequests as an Implicit Optimal Tax Structure and the Possibility That Altruistic Bequests are not Equaliz
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
100. Tax Incidence
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
     See Also Chapter (1987)
101. The Contribution of Intergenerational Transfers to Total Wealth: A Reply
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
102. The Dynamics of Living Arrangements of the Elderly
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
103. Why Don't the Elderly Live With Their Children? A New Look
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1987

104. Annuity Markets, Savings, and the Capital Stock
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
105. Can People Compute? An Experimental Test of the Life Cycle Consumption Model
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
106. Empirical Tests of Alternative Models of International Growth
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
107. Labor Compensation and the Structure of Private Pension Plans: Evidencefor Contractual Versus Spot Labor Markets
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
108. Life Insurance of the Elderly: Adequacy and Determinants
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
109. Pension Backloading, Wage Taxes, and Work Disincentives
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
110. Social Security: A Financial Appraisal Across and Within Generations
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
111. The Impact of Annuity Insurance on Savings and Inequality
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
112. The Incentive Effects of Private Pension Plans
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1986

113. Health Expenditures and Precautionary Savings
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
114. Is Debt Neutral in the Life Cycle Model?
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
115. Pubic Debt and U.S. Saving: A New Test of the Neutrality Hypothesis
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1985

116. Changes in the Age Distribution of Income in the United States, 1968-1984
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
117. Simulating Alternative Social Security Responses to the Demographic Transition
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
118. Taxation and Savings - A Neoclassical Perspective
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
     See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (1984)
119. The Efficiency Gains from Social Security Benefit - Tax Linkage
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1984

120. An Examination of Empirical Tests of Social Security and Savings
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1983

121. Investment versus Savings Incentives: The Size of the Bang for the Buck and the Potential for Self-Financing Business Tax Cuts
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
     Also in
     Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (1982) View citations
122. National Savings, Economic Welfare, and the Structure of Taxation
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
     Also in
     Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (1980) View citations
123. The Adequacy of Savings
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
     Also in
     Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (1980) View citations
     See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1982)
124. The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
     See Also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1983)

1982

125. The Economic Effects of Government Expenditures
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1981

126. The International Economics of Transitional Growth: The Case of the United States
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
127. The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
     See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1981)

1979

128. Some Economic Implications of Life Span Extension
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
129. The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
     Also in
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1979)
     See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1981)

1978

130. Dividing Capital Accumulation Into Its Life Cycle and Intergenerational Transfer Components
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
131. Long Run Tax Incidence and Variable Labor Supply Revisited
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
132. Social Security, Time for Reform
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
133. The Incidence of a Tax on Pure Rent: A New Reason for an Old Answer
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
134. The Structure of Slave Prices in New Orleans, 1804 to 1862
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
     See Also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (1979)

1975

135. Gains from trade under uncertainty, once again
     International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Journal Articles

2007

1. Mitigating America's demographic dilemma by pre-funding social security
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, (2), 247-266 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2005)

2006

2. Are Economists Smarter?
   The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (6), 4
3. Averting America's Bankruptcy with a New New Deal
   The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (2), 5
4. Comments on "Understanding global imbalances" by Richard Cooper
   Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2006
5. Grading the President's Tax Reform Panel's Plan
   The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (6), 3
6. Is the United States bankrupt?
   Review, 2006, (Jul), 235-250 View citations

2004

7. A Review of Fiscal and Generational Imbalances by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Kent Smetters, AEI Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8447-7167-8/95 p/$15.00
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2004, 3, (02), 265-266
8. The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition
   FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2004, 60, (3), 296- View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2004)

2003

9. Are Life Insurance Holdings Related to Financial Vulnerabilities?
   Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (4), 531-554 View citations

2002

10. Simulating the Transmission of Wealth Inequality
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 265-269

2001

11. Simulating the transmission of wealth inequality via bequests
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 79, (1), 93-128 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)

2000

12. Generational Accounting in the UK
    Economic Journal, 2000, 110, (467), F547-74 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
13. The baby boomers' mega-inheritance-myth or reality?
    Economic Commentary, 2000, (Oct 1) View citations

1999

14. Generational Accounting around the Globe
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 161-166 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
15. Privatizing Social Security in the U.S. -- Comparing the Options
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 1999, 2, (3), 532-574 View citations

1998

16. Assessing fundamental tax reform
    Economic Commentary, 1998, (Jan 15)
17. Privatizing U.S. Social Security: some possible effects on intergenerational equity and the economy
    Review, 1998, (Mar), 31-37
18. Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 137-41 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
19. The personal security system: a framework for reforming Social Security
    Review, 1998, (Mar), 11-13 View citations

1997

20. Generational Accounting in New Zealand: Is There Generational Balance?
    International Tax and Public Finance, 1997, 4, (2), 201-228 View citations
21. It's high time to privatize
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1997, (Jun), 293-296
22. Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (6), 1121-66 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1995)

1996

23. Privatizing School Security at Home and Abroad
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 368-72 View citations
24. Risk-Sharing between and within Families
    Econometrica, 1996, 64, (2), 261-94 View citations

1995

25. Corporate Taxation and the Efficiency Gains of the 1986 Tax Reform Act
    Economic Theory, 1995, 6, (1), 51-81
    See Also Working Paper (1989)
26. Restoring generational balance in U.S. fiscal policy: what will it take?
    Economic Review, 1995, (Q I), 2-12 View citations

1994

27. Generational Accounting: A Meaningful Way to Evaluate Fiscal Policy
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (1), 73-94 View citations
28. The 1995 budget and health care reform: a generational perspective
    Economic Review, 1994, (Q I), 20-30

1993

29. Corporate Tax Incidence and Inefficiency When Corporate and Noncorporate Goods Are Close Substitutes
    Economic Inquiry, 1993, 31, (4), 501-16 View citations
30. Generational accounts and lifetime tax rates, 1900-1991
    Economic Review, 1993, (Q I), 2-13

1992

31. Assessing the impact of income tax, social security tax, and health care spending on U.S. saving rates
    Economic Review, 1992, (Q IV), 13-21
32. Estimating a Firm's Age-Productivity Profile Using the Present Value of Workers' Earnings
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 107, (4), 1215-42
    See Also Working Paper (1991)
33. Generational Accounting: A New Approach to Understanding the Effects of Fiscal Policy on Saving
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1992, 94, (2), 303-18 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1991)
34. Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1177-98 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1993)
35. The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Capital Formation
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1992, 94, (2), 281-95 View citations

1991

36. Generational accounts: a new approach to fiscal policy evaluation
    Economic Commentary, 1991, (Nov 15) View citations
37. The adequacy of life insurance purchases
    Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1991, 1, (3), 215-241 View citations
38. U.S. demographics and saving: Predictions of three saving models
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1991, 34, (1), 135-156 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1991)

1990

39. A Strategic Altruism Model in Which Ricardian Equivalence Does Not Hold
    Economic Journal, 1990, 100, (403), 1261-68 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1991)

1989

40. On the Contribution of Economics to the Evaluation and Formation of Social Insurance Policy
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 184-90 View citations
41. The Incidence and Efficiency Costs of Corporate Taxation When Corporate and Noncorporate Firms Produce the Same Good
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (4), 749-80 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1989)

1988

42. Consumption, Computation Mistakes, and Fiscal Policy
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (2), 408-12 View citations
43. Intergenerational Transfers and Savings
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988, 2, (2), 41-58 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1989)
44. Social Contracts as Assets: A Possible Solution to the Time-Consistency Problem
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (4), 662-77 View citations
45. What Microeconomics Teaches Us about the Dynamic Macro Effects of Fiscal Policy
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1988, 20, (3), 479-95
    Also in
    Proceedings, 1988, 479-506 (1988)

1987

46. Evaluating Fiscal Policy with a Dynamic Simulation Model
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 49-55 View citations

1986

47. The Effect of Annuity Insurance and Savings and Inequality
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (3), S183-207 View citations

1985

48. Public debt and United States saving: A new test of the neutrality hypothesis
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1985, 23, (1), 55-86 View citations

1984

49. Taxation and Savings: A Neoclassical Perspective
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1984, 22, (4), 1576-1629 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1985)

1983

50. National Savings and Economic Policy: The Efficacy of Investment vs. Savings Incentives
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (2), 82-87
51. The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
    International Economic Review, 1983, 24, (1), 81-100 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1983)

1982

52. The Adequacy of Savings
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (5), 1056-69 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1983)

1981

53. The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (2), 372-91 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1979)
54. The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (4), 706-32 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1981)

1979

55. Social Security and Equilibrium Capital Intensity
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (2), 233-53 View citations
56. Tax Incidence in a Life Cycle Model with Variable Labor Supply
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (4), 705-18 View citations
57. Testing the Theory of Social Security and Life Cycle Accumulation
    American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (3), 396-410 View citations
58. The Incidence of a Tax on Pure Rent: A New (?) Reason for an Old Answer
    Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (4), 869-74 View citations
59. The Structure of Slave Prices in New Orleans, 1804 to 1862
    Economic Inquiry, 1979, 17, (4), 496-518
    See Also Working Paper (1978)

Chapters

2006

1. Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us to Dinner? Simulating the Transition Paths of the US, EU, Japan and China
   A chapter in Demography and Financial Markets, 2006
   See Also Working Paper (2005)

2002

2. Generational policy
   Chapter 27 in Handbook of Public Economics, 2002, vol. 4, pp 1873-1932
   See Also Working Paper (2001)

1987

3. Tax incidence
   Chapter 16 in Handbook of Public Economics, 1987, vol. 2, pp 1043-1092
   See Also Working Paper (1988)

Software Items

2002

1. Auerbach-Kotlikoff Model
   QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles