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Working Papers
2024
- Inflation's Impact on American Households
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- The Global Life-Cycle Optimizer – Analyzing Fiscal Policy's Potential to Dramatically Distort Labor Supply and Saving
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2022
- How Much Lifetime Social Security Benefits Are Americans Leaving On the Table?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
See also Chapter How Much Lifetime Social Security Benefits Are Americans Leaving on the Table?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
- Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
- The Future of Global Economic Power
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2021
- Can Today's and Tomorrow's World Uniformly Gain from Carbon Taxation?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
- Deficit Follies
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- Simulating Endogenous Global Automation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
- When Interest Rates Go Low, Should Public Debt Go High?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
2020
- Pareto-Improving Carbon-Risk Taxation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
- The Marginal Net Taxation of Americans’ Labor Supply
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
2019
- Did the 2017 Tax Reform Discriminate against Blue State Voters?
FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (5)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (7)
- Making Carbon Taxation a Generational Win Win
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
2018
- Banks as Potentially Crooked Secret-Keepers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
- The Big Con – Reassessing the "Great" Recession and its "Fix"
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2017
- Robots Are Us: Some Economics of Human Replacement
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (19)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (80)
- Simulating Business Cash Flow Taxation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
- Valuing Government Obligations When Markets are Incomplete
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2016
- Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?, Tax Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (11) (2017) Chapter Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
- U.S. Inequality and Fiscal Progressivity: An Intragenerational Accounting
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
- Will the Paris Accord Accelerate Climate Change?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
2015
- SIMULATING RUSSIA’S AND OTHER LARGE ECONOMIES’ CHALLENGING AND INTERCONNECTED TRANSITIONS
EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics View citations (8)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (10)
- Theoretical foundations of fiscal gap as a long-term fiscal sustainability indicator and its estimates for Russia
Working Papers, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Theoretical foundations of fiscal gap as a long-term fiscal sustainability indicator and its estimates for Russia, Research Paper Series, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
2014
- Generational Risk--Is it a Big Deal?: Simulating an 80-Period OLG Model With Aggregate Shocks
2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics 
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (30) BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory Working Paper Series, Brigham Young University, Department of Economics, BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory (2013) View citations (33)
2013
- Russia's Fiscal Gap
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
Also in EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (2013) View citations (10)
- Simulating the Elimination of the U.S. Corporate Income Tax
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
2012
- Game Over: Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
See also Chapter Game Over: Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (21) (2012)
- Smart Machines and Long-Term Misery
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (87)
2010
- The Excess Burden of Government Indecision
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (7) Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2007) View citations (7) Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2006) View citations (2)
See also Chapter The Excess Burden of Government Indecision, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (26) (2012) Journal Article The Excess Burden of Government Indecision, Tax Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (23) (2012)
- What Does the Corporate Income Tax Tax? A Simple Model Without Capital
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (7)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (7)
See also Journal Article What Does the Corporate Income Tax Tax? A Simple Model Without Capital, Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
2009
- Marking Social Security’s Open Group Liability to Market
Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center
2008
- Dynamic Globalization and Its Potentially Alarming Prospects for Low-Wage Workers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
- 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 (89)
See also Journal Article Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor Supply: A Welfare Analysis of Life-Cycle Funds, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (91) (2008)
- The True Cost of Social Security
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Chapter The True Cost of Social Security, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) (2018)
- To Roth or Not? -- That is the Question
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
- Why Aren't Developed Countries Saving?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Why aren't developed countries saving?, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2012) View citations (4) (2012)
2007
- 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 View citations (69)
- Is the U.S. Bankrupt?
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
- PUTTY-CLAY TECHNOLOGY AND STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (3)
- Risk, Uncertainty, and Option Exercise
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (8)
- Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax1
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (3)
- Staticide - America's Suicidal Healthcare Status Quo
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
2006
- Americans' Dependency on Social Security
Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (4)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (7)
- DOES IT PAY, AT THE MARGIN, TO WORK AND SAVE? -- MEASURING EFFECTIVE MARGINAL TAXES ON AMERICANS' LABOR SUPPLY AND SAVING
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (9)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (11)
See also Chapter Does It Pay, at the Margin, to Work and Save? Measuring Effective Marginal Taxes on Americans' Labor Supply and Saving, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (20) (2007)
- Health Care Spending: What the Future Will Look Like
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
- On the General Relativity of Fiscal Language
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (8)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (9)
- Taxing Sales Under the FairTax: What Rate Works?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
2005
- 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 (7)
- Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax, National Tax Journal, National Tax Association (2007) View citations (3) (2007)
- Who's Going Broke? Comparing Growth in Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
- Who’s Going Broke? Comparing Growth in Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (10)
- 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 (50)
- 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 (36)
Also in Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2005) View citations (37) Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2005) View citations (42)
See also Chapter Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us to Dinner? Simulating the Transition Paths of the US, EU, Japan and China, RBA Annual Conference Volume (Discontinued), Reserve Bank of Australia (2006) View citations (16) (2006)
2004
- Assessing the Economic Gains from Telecom Competition
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
- Fertility, Mortality, and the Developed World’s Demographic Transition
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Fertility, mortality and the developed world's demographic transition, Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier (2008) View citations (27) (2008)
- Pensions Systems and the Intergenerational Distribution of Resources
CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) View citations (1)
- The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (71)
See also Journal Article The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition, FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2004) View citations (71) (2004)
2003
- A simulation model for the demographic transition in the OECD: Data requirements, model structure and calibration
W.E.P. - Würzburg Economic Papers, University of Würzburg, Department of Economics View citations (10)
- Going Critical: American Power and the Consequences of Fiscal Overstretch
Working Papers, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics View citations (1)
- 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 (29)
Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2003) View citations (81)
- The Impact on Consumption and Saving of Current and Future Fiscal Policies
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2002
- Does It Pay to Work?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2002) View citations (9)
- Intertemporal State Budgeting
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
- The mismatch between life insurance holdings and financial vulnerabilities: evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (3)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (9)
2001
- Does Participating in a 401(k) Raise Your Lifetime Taxes?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2001) View citations (4)
- Finding a Way Out of America's Demographic Dilemma
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
- Fiscal Policy and Aggregate Uncertainty
Computing in Economics and Finance 2001, Society for Computational Economics
- Generational Policy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
See also Chapter Generational policy, Handbook of Public Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (22) (2002)
- 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 (8)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2001) View citations (7)
- The Coming Generational Storm
Computing in Economics and Finance 2001, Society for Computational Economics View citations (6)
- The mismatch between life insurance holdings and financial vulnerabilities: evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (12)
- Who gets paid to save?
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (2)
See also Chapter Who Gets Paid to Save?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (1) (2003)
2000
- How much should Americans be saving for retirement?
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (13)
1999
- Comparing the Economic and Conventional Approaches to Financial Planning
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
- Generational Accounting around the Globe
Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics, University of Bergen View citations (38)
See also Journal Article Generational Accounting around the Globe, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1999) View citations (57) (1999)
- Generational Accounting in the UK
National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research View citations (12)
See also Journal Article Generational Accounting in the UK, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2000) View citations (54) (2000)
- Simulating the Transmission of Wealth Inequity via Bequests
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1998) View citations (14)
See also Journal Article Simulating the transmission of wealth inequality via bequests, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (77) (2001)
- Social Security's Treatment of Postwar Americans: How Bad Can It Get?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1999) View citations (2)
See also Chapter Social Security's Treatment of Postwar Americans. How Bad Can It Get?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (3) (2002)
- The Adequacy of Life Insurance: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1999) View citations (7)
- 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 Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1999) 
See also Chapter The Impact of Social Security and Other Factors on the Distribution of Wealth, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (4) (2002)
1998
- An International Comparison of Generational Accounts
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
See also Chapter An International Comparison of Generational Accounts, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (21) (1999)
- Medicare from the Perspective of Generational Accounting
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
- Opting Out of Social Security and Adverse Selection
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
- Privatizing Social Security in the U.S.: Comparing the Options: Technical Paper 1998-4
Working Papers, Congressional Budget Office View citations (1)
- Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
See also Journal Article Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1998) View citations (40) (1998)
- The A-K Model: It's Past, Present, and Future
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
1997
- Simulating U.S. Tax Reform
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1997) View citations (9)
- Simulating U.S. Tax Reform: Technical Paper 1997-6
Working Papers, Congressional Budget Office
1996
- Simulating the Privatization of Social Security in General Equilibrium
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)
See also Chapter Simulating the Privatization of Social Security in General Equilibrium, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (48) (1998)
- 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 (43)
Also in IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (44)
- Understanding the Postwar Decline in U.S. Saving: A Cohort Analysis
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (82)
See also Journal Article Understanding the Postwar Decline in U.S. Saving: A Cohort Analysis, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution (1996) View citations (64) (1996)
1995
- Applying Generational Accounting to Developing Countries
Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development View citations (9)
- Generational Accounting in General Equilibrium
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
Also in Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics (1995) View citations (16)
See also Chapter Generational Accounting in General Equilibrium, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (28) (1999)
- Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
Also in Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development (1995) View citations (11) IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1997) View citations (472) (1997)
- Privatization of Social Security: How It Works and Why It Matters
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)
Also in Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development (1995) View citations (53)
See also Chapter Privatization of Social Security: How It Works and Why It Matters, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations (65) (1996)
- The Annuitization of Americans' Resources: A Cohort Analysis
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1994) View citations (2)
- Understanding the postwar decline in United States saving: a cohort analysis
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (8)
1993
- Generational Accounting in Norway: Is Norway Overconsuming its Petroleum Wealth?
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (19)
- Generational accounting in Norway: is the nation overconsuming its petroleum wealth?
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (6)
- The Equity of Social Services Provided to Children and Senior Citizens
Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1993) View citations (2) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1993) View citations (2)
1992
- Alternative Policies to stimulate U.S. Saving
Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics
- Economic Exchange and Support Within U.S. Families
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
- Generational Accounting: The Case of Italy
Working Papers, Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi View citations (42)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1992) View citations (24) Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics (1991) View citations (5)
- Social security and Medicare policy from the perspective of generational accounting
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (43)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations (5)
See also Chapter Social Security and Medicare Policy from the Perspective of Generational Accounting, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (48) (1992)
- The Economic Impact of Replacing Federal Income Taxes with a Sale Tax
Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
- 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 (24)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (23)
1991
- Estimating a firm's age-productivity profile using the present value of workers' earnings
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 
See also Journal Article Estimating a Firm's Age-Productivity Profile Using the Present Value of Workers' Earnings, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1992) View citations (22) (1992)
- Generational Accounts - A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (339)
Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1991) View citations (243)
See also Chapter Generational Accounts: A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations (330) (1991)
- Generational accounting: a new approach for understanding the effects of fiscal policy on saving
Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (2)
- How Regional Differences in Taxes and Public Goods Distort Life Cycle Location Choices
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
See also Journal Article How regional differences in taxes and public goods distort life cycle location choices, Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF (2009) (2009)
- Life Insurance Inadequacy - Evidence From a Sample of Older Widows
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
- Risk-Sharing, Altruism, and the Factor Structure of Consumption
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
Also in Discussion Paper / Institute for Empirical Macroeconomics, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1991) View citations (8)
1990
- 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 (24)
See also Chapter Health, Children, and Elderly Living Arrangements: A Multiperiod-Multinomial Probit Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity and Autocorrelated Errors, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (34) (1992)
- Some Inefficiency Implication of Generational Politics and Exchange
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
See also Journal Article SOME INEFFICIENCY IMPLICATIONS OF GENERATIONAL POLITICS AND EXCHANGE*, Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell (1993) View citations (10) (1993)
- Tax Aspects of Policy Towards Aging Populations: Canada and the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
- The Provision of Time to the Elderly by Their Children
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Chapter The Provision of Time to the Elderly by Their Children, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (14) (1992)
- U.S. Demographics and Saving: Predictions of Three Saving Models
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
See also Journal Article U.S. demographics and saving: Predictions of three saving models, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier (1991) View citations (7) (1991)
1989
- Corporate Taxation and the Efficiency Gains of the 1986 Tax Reform Act
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Corporate Taxation and the Efficiency Gains of the 1986 Tax Reform Act, Economic Theory, Springer (1995) View citations (7) (1995)
- Demographics, Fiscal Policy, and U.S. Saving in the 1980s and Beyond
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 
See also Chapter Demographics, Fiscal Policy, and US Saving in the 1980s and Beyond, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (7) (1990)
- 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 (10)
See also Chapter From Deficit Delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking for an Economically Meaningful Way to Assess Fiscal Policy, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (8) (1999) Journal Article From deficit delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking for an economically meaningful way to assess fiscal policy, Journal of Economics, Springer (1993) View citations (26) (1993)
- How Rational Is the Purchase of Life Insurance?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
- Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
See also Journal Article Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1992) View citations (437) (1992)
- The Dynamics of an Aging Population: The Case of Four OECD Countries
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (59)
- The Economic Dynamics of an Ageing Population: The Case of Four OECD Countries
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (102)
1988
- A Strategic Altruism Model In Which Ricardian Equivalence Does Not Hold
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
See also Journal Article A Strategic Altruism Model in Which Ricardian Equivalence Does Not Hold, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (1990) View citations (16) (1990)
- 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 (12)
- 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 View citations (11)
- Estimating The Age-Productivity Profile Using Lifetime Earnings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
- 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 (7)
- The Dynamics of Living Arrangements of the Elderly
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
- Why Don't the Elderly Live With Their Children? A New Look
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
See also Chapter Why Don't the Elderly Live with Their Children? A New Look, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (24) (1990)
1987
- Can People Compute? An Experimental Test of the Life Cycle Consumption Model
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
- Employee Retirement and a Firm's Pension Plan
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
See also Chapter Employee Retirement and a Firm's Pension Plan, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1989) View citations (21) (1989)
- 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 (14)
See also Chapter How Much Care Do the Aged Receive from Their Children? A Bimodal Picture of Contact and Assistance, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1989) View citations (19) (1989)
- Intergenerational Transfers and Savings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Intergenerational Transfers and Savings, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (1988) View citations (183) (1988)
- Pension Backloading, Wage Taxes, and Work Disincentives
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
See also Chapter Pension Backloading, Wage Taxes, and Work Disincentives, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1988) View citations (6) (1988)
- 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 (20)
See also Journal Article The Incidence and Efficiency Costs of Corporate Taxation When Corporate and Noncorporate Firms Produce the Same Good, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1989) View citations (73) (1989)
1986
- Health Expenditures and Precautionary Savings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
- Is Debt Neutral in the Life Cycle Model?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
- Laws as Assets: A Possible Solution to the Time Consistency Problem
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
- Social Security: A Financial Appraisal Across and Within Generations
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (72)
Also in CEPR Publications, Stanford University, Center for Economic Policy Research (1986) View citations (7)
- Tax Incidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
See also Chapter Tax incidence, Handbook of Public Economics, Elsevier (1987) View citations (43) (1987)
- The Contribution of Intergenerational Transfers to Total Wealth: A Reply
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
1985
- Changes in the Age Distribution of Income in the United States, 1968-1984
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
- Life Insurance of the Elderly: Adequacy and Determinants
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
- Personal Security Accounts: A Proposal for Fundamental Social Security Reform
CEPR Publications, Stanford University, Center for Economic Policy Research View citations (12)
- Pubic Debt and U.S. Saving: A New Test of the Neutrality Hypothesis
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
- The Efficiency Gains from Social Security Benefit - Tax Linkage
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
1984
- Empirical Tests of Alternative Models of International Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
See also Chapter Empirical Tests of Alternative Models of International Growth, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1987) View citations (2) (1987)
- Labor Compensation and the Structure of Private Pension Plans: Evidence for Contractual Versus Spot Labor Markets
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
See also Chapter Labor Compensation and the Structure of Private Pension Plans: Evidence for Contractual versus Spot Labor Markets, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1985) View citations (51) (1985)
- 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 (5)
See also Journal Article Looking for the News in the Noise. Additional Stochastic Implications of Optimal Consumption Choise, Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES (1988) View citations (2) (1988)
- Simulating Alternative Social Security Responses to the Demographic Transition
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
- Taxation and Savings - A Neoclassical Perspective
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
See also Journal Article Taxation and Savings: A Neoclassical Perspective, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (1984) View citations (38) (1984)
- The Impact of Annuity Insurance on Savings and Inequality
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
- The Incentive Effects of Private Pension Plans
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)
See also Chapter The Incentive Effects of Private Pension Plans, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1987) View citations (47) (1987)
1983
- Annuity Markets, Savings, and the Capital Stock
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
See also Chapter Annuity Markets, Savings, and the Capital Stock, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1987) View citations (13) (1987)
1982
- Investment Versus Savings Incentives: The Size of the Bang for the Buck and the Potential for Self-Financing Business Tax Cuts
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (3)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1982) View citations (7)
- The Economic Effects of Government Expenditures
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
1981
- An Examination of Empirical Tests of Social Security and Savings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
- National Savings, Economic Welfare, and the Structure of Taxation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1980) View citations (5)
See also Chapter National Savings, Economic Welfare, and the Structure of Taxation, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1983) View citations (40) (1983)
- The Adequacy of Savings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1980) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article The Adequacy of Savings, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1982) View citations (42) (1982)
- The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)
See also Journal Article The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1983) View citations (129) (1983)
- The International Economics of Transitional Growth: The Case of the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
1980
- The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (154)
See also Journal Article The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1981) View citations (486) (1981)
1979
- Some Economic Implications of Life Span Extension
UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (4)
- The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market
UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics 
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1979) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1981) View citations (377) (1981)
1978
- Dividing Capital Accumulation Into Its Life Cycle and Intergenerational Transfer Components
UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
- Long Run Tax Incidence and Variable Labor Supply Revisited
UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
- Social Security, Time for Reform
UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
- 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 (1)
See also Journal Article The Incidence of a Tax on Pure Rent: A New (?) Reason for an Old Answer, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1979) View citations (24) (1979)
- The Structure of Slave Prices in New Orleans, 1804 to 1862
UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
See also Journal Article The Structure of Slave Prices in New Orleans, 1804 to 1862, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (1979) View citations (16) (1979)
1975
- Gains from trade under uncertainty, once again
International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Undated
- Simulating Russia’s and Other Large Economies’ Challenging and Interconnected Transitions
Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
Journal Articles
2017
- Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?
Tax Policy and the Economy, 2017, 31, (1), 1 - 42 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016) Chapter Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?, NBER Chapters, 2016, 1-42 (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
2016
- How Much Will China Save? Projecting China's National Savings Through 2040
Asian Economic Journal, 2016, 30, (3), 255-274
- Pension System Solvency – From Linguistics to Economics
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2016, 152, (II), 83-102
2015
- ESCPlannerBASIC Canada
SPP Communique, 2015, 7, (1)
- The fiscal gap: An estimate for Russia
Russian Journal of Economics, 2015, 1, (3), 240-256 View citations (5)
- Theoretical foundations of fiscal gap as a long-term fiscal sustainability indicator and its estimates for Russia
Research Paper Series, 2015, (168P), 58 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Theoretical foundations of fiscal gap as a long-term fiscal sustainability indicator and its estimates for Russia, Working Papers (2015) View citations (4) (2015)
2013
- The world’s interconnected demographic/fiscal transition
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2013, 1-2, 35-49 View citations (3)
- What Does the Corporate Income Tax Tax? A Simple Model Without Capital
Annals of Economics and Finance, 2013, 14, (1), 1-19 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper What Does the Corporate Income Tax Tax? A Simple Model Without Capital, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
2012
- Limited-Purpose Banking--Moving from "Trust Me" to "Show Me" Banking
American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 113-19 View citations (7)
- The Excess Burden of Government Indecision
Tax Policy and the Economy, 2012, 26, (1), 125 - 164 View citations (23)
See also Chapter The Excess Burden of Government Indecision, NBER Chapters, 2012, 125-163 (2012) View citations (26) (2012) Working Paper The Excess Burden of Government Indecision, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2010) (2010)
- Why aren't developed countries saving?
European Economic Review, 2012, 56, (6), 1261-1275 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Why Aren't Developed Countries Saving?, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (7) (2008)
2011
- Fixing Social Security — What Would Bismarck Do?
National Tax Journal, 2011, 64, (2), 415-28 View citations (2)
2010
- Global growth, ageing, and inequality across and within generations
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2010, 26, (4), 636-654 View citations (11)
- Retirement Income Security Après le Deluge -super-†
CESifo Economic Studies, 2010, 56, (3), 350-365
- The Economic Theory of Annuities. Eytan Sheshinski. Princeton University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-691-13305-8, 184 pages
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2010, 9, (1), 150-151
2009
- How regional differences in taxes and public goods distort life cycle location choices
Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2009, 189, (2), 47-79 
See also Working Paper How Regional Differences in Taxes and Public Goods Distort Life Cycle Location Choices, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (2) (1991)
- Who’s going broke? Comparing growth in Public healthcare expenditure in Ten OECD Countries
Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2009, 188, (1), 55-72 View citations (1)
2008
- Fertility, mortality and the developed world's demographic transition
Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30, (3), 455-473 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper Fertility, Mortality, and the Developed World’s Demographic Transition, CESifo Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (6) (2004)
- Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor Supply: A Welfare Analysis of Life-Cycle Funds
American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 297-303 View citations (91)
See also Working Paper Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor Supply: A Welfare Analysis of Life-Cycle Funds, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (89) (2008)
- Pension Reform as the Triumph of Form over Substance
The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (1), 5
- The Emperor's Dangerous Clothes
The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (2), 5
2007
- Mitigating America's demographic dilemma by pre-funding social security
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, (2), 247-266 View citations (83)
- Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax
National Tax Journal, 2007, 60, (2), 225-52 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (5) (2005)
2006
- Are Economists Smarter?
The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (6), 2
- Averting America's Bankruptcy with a New New Deal
The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (2), 7
- Comments on \\"Understanding global imbalances\\" by Richard Cooper
Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2006, 51
- Grading the President's Tax Reform Panel's Plan
The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (6), 5
- Is the United States bankrupt?
Review, 2006, 88, (Jul), 235-250 View citations (6)
- Saving and Life Insurance Holdings at Boston University – a Unique Case Study
National Institute Economic Review, 2006, 198, (1), 75-96 View citations (2)
2004
- 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, (2), 265-266
- Fiscal Policy and the Future of the Euro
Cato Journal, 2004, 24, (1-2), 51-55
- The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition
FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2004, 60, (3), 296-324 View citations (71)
See also Working Paper The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (71) (2004)
2003
- Are Life Insurance Holdings Related to Financial Vulnerabilities?
Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (4), 531-554 View citations (9)
- The Mismatch Between Life Insurance Holdings and Financial Vulnerabilities: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (1), 354-365 View citations (46)
2002
- Simulating the Transmission of Wealth Inequality
American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 265-269 View citations (7)
2001
- Simulating the transmission of wealth inequality via bequests
Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 79, (1), 93-128 View citations (77)
See also Working Paper Simulating the Transmission of Wealth Inequity via Bequests, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (2) (1999)
2000
- Generational Accounting in the UK
Economic Journal, 2000, 110, (467), F547-74 View citations (54)
See also Working Paper Generational Accounting in the UK, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (12) (1999)
- The baby boomers' mega-inheritance-myth or reality?
Economic Commentary, 2000, (Oct) View citations (4)
1999
- Generational Accounting around the Globe
American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 161-166 View citations (57)
See also Working Paper Generational Accounting around the Globe, Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen (1999) View citations (38) (1999)
- Privatizing Social Security in the U.S. -- Comparing the Options
Review of Economic Dynamics, 1999, 2, (3), 532-574 View citations (52)
1998
- Assessing fundamental tax reform
Economic Commentary, 1998, (Jan)
- Privatizing U.S. Social Security: some possible effects on intergenerational equity and the economy
Review, 1998, (Mar), 31-37 View citations (1)
- Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity
American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 137-41 View citations (40)
See also Working Paper Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity, NBER Working Papers (1998) View citations (35) (1998)
- The personal security system: a framework for reforming Social Security
Review, 1998, (Mar), 11-13 View citations (6)
1997
- Generational Accounting in New Zealand: Is There Generational Balance?
International Tax and Public Finance, 1997, 4, (2), 201-228 View citations (7)
- It's High Time to Privatize: Panel Discussion
Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1997, (jun), 293-296 View citations (5)
- Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence
Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (6), 1121-66 View citations (472)
See also Working Paper Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence, NBER Working Papers (1995) View citations (20) (1995)
- Reply to Diamond's and Cutler's Reviews of Generational Accounting
National Tax Journal, 1997, 50, (2), 303-14 View citations (4)
1996
- A társadalombiztosítás privatizálása hogyan működik és miért fontos?
(Privatization of social security how it works and why it matters?)
Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), 1996, XLIII, (12), 1045-1071 View citations (2)
- Privatizing School Security at Home and Abroad
American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 368-72 View citations (13)
- Rescuing Social Security
Challenge, 1996, 39, (6), 21-22 View citations (1)
- Risk-Sharing between and within Families
Econometrica, 1996, 64, (2), 261-94 View citations (239)
- Understanding the Postwar Decline in U.S. Saving: A Cohort Analysis
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1996, 27, (1), 315-407 View citations (64)
See also Working Paper Understanding the Postwar Decline in U.S. Saving: A Cohort Analysis, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (82) (1996)
1995
- Corporate Taxation and the Efficiency Gains of the 1986 Tax Reform Act
Economic Theory, 1995, 6, (1), 51-81 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper Corporate Taxation and the Efficiency Gains of the 1986 Tax Reform Act, NBER Working Papers (1989) View citations (3) (1989)
- Restoring generational balance in U.S. fiscal policy: what will it take?
Economic Review, 1995, (Q I), 2-12 View citations (7)
1994
- Generational Accounting: A Meaningful Way to Evaluate Fiscal Policy
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (1), 73-94 View citations (239)
- The 1995 budget and health care reform: a generational perspective
Economic Review, 1994, 30, (Q I), 20-30
1993
- Corporate Tax Incidence and Inefficiency When Corporate and Noncorporate Goods Are Close Substitutes
Economic Inquiry, 1993, 31, (4), 501-16 View citations (19)
- From deficit delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking for an economically meaningful way to assess fiscal policy
Journal of Economics, 1993, 58, (1), 17-41 View citations (26)
Also in Journal of Economics, 1993, 7, (1), 17-41 (1993) View citations (31)
See also Working Paper From Deficit Delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking For an Economically Meaningful Way to Assess Fiscal Policy, NBER Working Papers (1989) View citations (10) (1989) Chapter From Deficit Delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking for an Economically Meaningful Way to Assess Fiscal Policy, NBER Chapters, 1999, 9-30 (1999) View citations (8) (1999)
- Generational accounts and lifetime tax rates, 1900-1991
Economic Review, 1993, 29, (Q I), 2-13 View citations (4)
- SOME INEFFICIENCY IMPLICATIONS OF GENERATIONAL POLITICS AND EXCHANGE*
Economics and Politics, 1993, 5, (1), 27-42 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper Some Inefficiency Implication of Generational Politics and Exchange, NBER Working Papers (1990) View citations (9) (1990)
1992
- Assessing the impact of income tax, social security tax, and health care spending on U.S. saving rates
Economic Review, 1992, 28, (Q IV), 13-21
- Estimating a Firm's Age-Productivity Profile Using the Present Value of Workers' Earnings
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 107, (4), 1215-1242 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper Estimating a firm's age-productivity profile using the present value of workers' earnings, Working Papers (Old Series) (1991) (1991)
- Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data
American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1177-98 View citations (437)
See also Working Paper Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data, NBER Working Papers (1989) View citations (33) (1989)
1991
- Generational accounts: a new approach to fiscal policy evaluation
Economic Commentary, 1991, (Nov) View citations (2)
- The adequacy of life insurance purchases
Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1991, 1, (3), 215-241 View citations (21)
- U.S. demographics and saving: Predictions of three saving models
Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1991, 34, (1), 135-156 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper U.S. Demographics and Saving: Predictions of Three Saving Models, NBER Working Papers (1990) View citations (1) (1990)
1990
- A Strategic Altruism Model in Which Ricardian Equivalence Does Not Hold
Economic Journal, 1990, 100, (403), 1261-68 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper A Strategic Altruism Model In Which Ricardian Equivalence Does Not Hold, NBER Working Papers (1988) View citations (6) (1988)
- The Crisis in U.S. Saving and Proposals to Address the Crisis
National Tax Journal, 1990, 43, (3), 233-46 View citations (4)
1989
- On the Contribution of Economics to the Evaluation and Formation of Social Insurance Policy
American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 184-90 View citations (14)
- 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 (73)
See also Working Paper The Incidence and Efficiency Costs of Corporate Taxation when Corporate and Noncorporate Firms Produce the Same Good, NBER Working Papers (1987) View citations (20) (1987)
1988
- Consumption, Computation Mistakes, and Fiscal Policy
American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (2), 408-12 View citations (6)
- Intergenerational Transfers and Savings
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988, 2, (2), 41-58 View citations (183)
See also Working Paper Intergenerational Transfers and Savings, NBER Working Papers (1987) View citations (6) (1987)
- Looking for the News in the Noise. Additional Stochastic Implications of Optimal Consumption Choise
Annals of Economics and Statistics, 1988, (9), 29-46 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Looking for the News in the Noise - Additional Stochastic Implications of Optimal Consumption Choice, NBER Working Papers (1984) View citations (5) (1984)
- Social Contracts as Assets: A Possible Solution to the Time-Consistency Problem
American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (4), 662-77 View citations (98)
- What Microeconomics Teaches Us about the Dynamic Macro Effects of Fiscal Policy
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1988, 20, (3), 479-95 View citations (1)
Also in Proceedings, 1988, 479-506 (1988) View citations (1)
1987
- Evaluating Fiscal Policy with a Dynamic Simulation Model
American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 49-55 View citations (160)
- Justifying Public Provision of Social Security
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 6, (4), 674-696 View citations (30)
1986
- The Effect of Annuity Insurance and Savings and Inequality
Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (3), S183-207 View citations (11)
1985
- 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 (25)
1984
- Economic Impact of Deficit Financing (Répercussions économiques du financement par le déficit) (El impacto económico del financiamiento mediante déficit)
IMF Staff Papers, 1984, 31, (3), 549-582 View citations (1)
- Taxation and Savings: A Neoclassical Perspective
Journal of Economic Literature, 1984, 22, (4), 1576-1629 View citations (38)
See also Working Paper Taxation and Savings - A Neoclassical Perspective, NBER Working Papers (1984) View citations (29) (1984)
1983
- National Savings and Economic Policy: The Efficacy of Investment vs. Savings Incentives
American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (2), 82-87 View citations (4)
- The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
International Economic Review, 1983, 24, (1), 81-100 View citations (129)
See also Working Paper The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform, NBER Working Papers (1981) View citations (67) (1981)
1982
- The Adequacy of Savings
American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (5), 1056-69 View citations (42)
See also Working Paper The Adequacy of Savings, NBER Working Papers (1981) View citations (2) (1981)
1981
- The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market
Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (2), 372-91 View citations (377)
See also Working Paper The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1979) (1979)
- The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation
Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (4), 706-32 View citations (486)
See also Working Paper The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation, NBER Working Papers (1980) View citations (154) (1980)
1979
- Social Security and Equilibrium Capital Intensity
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (2), 233-253 View citations (56)
- Tax Incidence in a Life Cycle Model with Variable Labor Supply
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (4), 705-718 View citations (25)
- Testing the Theory of Social Security and Life Cycle Accumulation
American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (3), 396-410 View citations (82)
- 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 (24)
See also Working Paper The Incidence of a Tax on Pure Rent: A New Reason for an Old Answer, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1978) View citations (1) (1978)
- The Structure of Slave Prices in New Orleans, 1804 to 1862
Economic Inquiry, 1979, 17, (4), 496-518 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper The Structure of Slave Prices in New Orleans, 1804 to 1862, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1978) View citations (2) (1978)
1977
- The Old South's Stake in the Inter-Regional Movement of Slaves, 1850–1860
The Journal of Economic History, 1977, 37, (2), 434-450
Books
2012
- The Clash of Generations: Saving Ourselves, Our Kids, and Our Economy, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (10)
Also in MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2012) View citations (10)
2007
- The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (5)
2005
- The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (11)
1999
- Generational Accounting around the World
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (193)
1998
- Macroeconomics, 2nd Edition: An Integrated Approach, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (8)
- Study Guide to Accompany Macroeconomics, 2nd Edition: An Integrated Approach, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (7)
1990
- The Wage Carrot and the Pension Stick: Retirement Benefits and Labor Force Participation
Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (2)
1989
- What Determines Savings?, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (91)
1983
- Pensions in the American Economy
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (68)
Edited books
2001
- Essays on Saving, Bequests, Altruism, and Life-Cycle Planning, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (33)
1999
- Generational Accounting around the World
National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (153)
Chapters
2024
- Inflation's Fiscal Impact on American Households
A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2024, volume 39, 2024
2022
- How Much Lifetime Social Security Benefits Are Americans Leaving on the Table?
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 37, 2022, pp 135-173 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper How Much Lifetime Social Security Benefits Are Americans Leaving On the Table?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
2018
- The True Cost of Social Security
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 33, 2018 
See also Working Paper The True Cost of Social Security, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (5) (2008)
2016
- Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 31, 2016, pp 1-42 View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (11) (2017) Working Paper Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
2013
- Generational Policy and Aging in Closed and Open Dynamic General Equilibrium Models
Elsevier View citations (16)
2012
- Game Over: Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy
A chapter in Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis, 2012, pp 177-202 View citations (21)
See also Working Paper Game Over: Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (15) (2012)
- The Excess Burden of Government Indecision
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 26, 2012, pp 125-163 View citations (26)
See also Journal Article The Excess Burden of Government Indecision, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (23) (2012) Working Paper The Excess Burden of Government Indecision, Boston University - Department of Economics (2010) (2010)
2007
- Comment on "Population Aging, Fiscal Policies, and National Saving: Predictions for the Korean Economy"
A chapter in Fiscal Policy and Management in East Asia, 2007, pp 372-373
- Does It Pay, at the Margin, to Work and Save? Measuring Effective Marginal Taxes on Americans' Labor Supply and Saving
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 21, 2007, pp 83-144 View citations (20)
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2006
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A chapter in Demography and Financial Markets, 2006 View citations (16)
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2003
- Who Gets Paid to Save?
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2002
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Chapter 27 in Handbook of Public Economics, 2002, vol. 4, pp 1873-1932 View citations (22)
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- Social Security's Treatment of Postwar Americans. How Bad Can It Get?
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- The Impact of Social Security and Other Factors on the Distribution of Wealth
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1999
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- Argentina's Generational Accounts: Is the Convertibility Plan's Fiscal Policy Sustainable?
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1998
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1996
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1992
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1991
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1990
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1989
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1988
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1987
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1985
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1983
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