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Working Papers

2022

1. How Much Lifetime Social Security Benefits Are Americans Leaving On the Table?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2022)
2. Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
3. The Future of Global Economic Power
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

4. Can Today's and Tomorrow's World Uniformly Gain from Carbon Taxation?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
5. Deficit Follies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
6. Simulating Endogenous Global Automation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
7. When Interest Rates Go Low, Should Public Debt Go High?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2020

8. Marginal Net Taxation of Americans’ Labor Supply
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
9. Pareto-Improving Carbon-Risk Taxation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2019

10. 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 (6)
11. Making Carbon Taxation a Generational Win Win
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)

2018

12. Banks as Potentially Crooked Secret-Keepers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
13. 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 (72)
14. The Big Con – Reassessing the "Great" Recession and its "Fix"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2017

15. Simulating Business Cash Flow Taxation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
16. Valuing Government Obligations When Markets are Incomplete
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2016

17. Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (2016)
    Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2017)
18. U.S. Inequality and Fiscal Progressivity: An Intragenerational Accounting
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
19. Will the Paris Accord Accelerate Climate Change?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2015

20. SIMULATING RUSSIA’S AND OTHER LARGE ECONOMIES’ CHALLENGING AND INTERCONNECTED TRANSITIONS
    EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (9)
21. 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 in Research Paper Series (2015)

2014

22. 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 (29)
    BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory Working Paper Series, Brigham Young University, Department of Economics, BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory (2013) View citations (30)

2013

23. 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)
24. Simulating the Elimination of the U.S. Corporate Income Tax
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2012

25. Game Over: Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Chapter (2012)
26. Limited-Purpose Banking--Moving from "Trust Me" to "Show Me" Banking
    PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique", HAL View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2012)
27. Smart Machines and Long-Term Misery
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (66)

2010

28. The Excess Burden of Government Indecision
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2006) View citations (2)
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2007) View citations (7)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2012)
    Chapter (2012)
29. 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 (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Annals of Economics and Finance (2013)

2009

30. Dynamic Globalization and its Potentially Alarming Prospects for Low-Wage Workers
    FIW Working Paper series, FIW View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (11)
31. Marking Social Security’s Open Group Liability to Market
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center

2008

32. 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 (80)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
33. The True Cost of Social Security
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Chapter (2018)
34. To Roth or Not? -- That is the Question
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
35. Why Aren't Developed Countries Saving?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2012)

2007

36. 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 (67)
37. Is the U.S. Bankrupt?
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
38. PUTTY-CLAY TECHNOLOGY AND STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (3)
39. Risk, Uncertainty, and Option Exercise
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (8)
40. 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 (2)
41. Staticide - America's Suicidal Healthcare Status Quo
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics

2006

42. 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)
43. 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 (2007)
44. 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)
45. 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)
46. Taxing Sales Under the FairTax: What Rate Works?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2005

47. 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)
48. Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in National Tax Journal (2007)
49. Who's Going Broke? Comparing Growth in Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (45)
50. Who’s Going Broke? Comparing Growth in Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (9)
51. 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)
52. 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 Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2005) View citations (42)
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2005) View citations (34)
    See also Chapter (2006)

2004

53. Assessing the Economic Gains from Telecom Competition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
54. Fertility, Mortality, and the Developed World’s Demographic Transition
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Policy Modeling (2008)
55. Pensions Systems and the Intergenerational Distribution of Resources
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) View citations (1)
56. The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (63)
    See also Journal Article in FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis (2004)

2003

57. 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, Chair for Monetary Policy and International Economics View citations (10)
58. 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)
59. 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)
60. 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

61. 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)
62. Intertemporal State Budgeting
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
63. 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

64. 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)
65. Finding a Way Out of America's Demographic Dilemma
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
66. Fiscal Policy and Aggregate Uncertainty
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2001, Society for Computational Economics
67. Generational Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Chapter (2002)
68. 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 (2)
69. The Coming Generational Storm
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2001, Society for Computational Economics View citations (6)
70. 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)
71. Who gets paid to save?
    Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (2003)

2000

72. How much should Americans be saving for retirement?
    Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (11)

1999

73. Comparing the Economic and Conventional Approaches to Financial Planning
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
74. Generational Accounting around the Globe
    Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics, University of Bergen View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)
75. 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 in Economic Journal (2000)
76. 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 in Journal of Public Economics (2001)
77. 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 (2002)
78. The Adequacy of Life Insurance: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1999) View citations (5)
79. 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 (2002)

1998

80. An International Comparison of Generational Accounts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Chapter (1999)
81. Medicare from the Perspective of Generational Accounting
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
82. Opting Out of Social Security and Adverse Selection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
83. Privatizing Social Security in the U.S.: Comparing the Options: Technical Paper 1998-4
    Working Papers, Congressional Budget Office View citations (1)
84. Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1998)
85. The A-K Model: It's Past, Present, and Future
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)

1997

86. Simulating U.S. Tax Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1997) View citations (8)
87. Simulating U.S. Tax Reform: Technical Paper 1997-6
    Working Papers, Congressional Budget Office

1996

88. Simulating the Privatization of Social Security in General Equilibrium
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
    See also Chapter (1998)
89. 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 (42)
    Also in IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (39)
90. Understanding the Postwar Decline in U.S. Saving: A Cohort Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (81)
    See also Journal Article in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (1996)

1995

91. Applying Generational Accounting to Developing Countries
    Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development View citations (8)
92. 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 (1999)
93. 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 (10)
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1997)
94. 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 (50)
    See also Chapter (1996)
95. 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)
96. Understanding the postwar decline in United States saving: a cohort analysis
    Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (8)

1993

97. Generational Accounting in Norway: Is Norway Overconsuming its Petroleum Wealth?
    Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (16)
98. Generational accounting in Norway: is the nation overconsuming its petroleum wealth?
    Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (6)
99. The Equity of Social Services Provided to Children and Senior Citizens
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1993) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics (1993) View citations (1)

1992

100. Alternative Policies to stimulate U.S. Saving
     Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics
101. Economic Exchange and Support Within U.S. Families
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
102. 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)
103. Social security and Medicare policy from the perspective of generational accounting
     Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland View citations (34)
     Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations (4)
     See also Chapter (1992)
104. The Economic Impact of Replacing Federal Income Taxes with a Sale Tax
     Working Papers, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
105. 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 (20)
     Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations (23)

1991

106. 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 in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1992)
107. Generational Accounts - A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (328)
     Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1991) View citations (180)
     See also Chapter (1991)
108. 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)
109. 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 in Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics (2009)
110. Life Insurance Inadequacy - Evidence From a Sample of Older Widows
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
111. 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

112. 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 (1992)
113. Some Inefficiency Implication of Generational Politics and Exchange
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
     See also Journal Article in Economics and Politics (1993)
114. Tax Aspects of Policy Towards Aging Populations: Canada and the United States
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
115. 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 (1992)
116. 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 in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1991)

1989

117. 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 in Economic Theory (1995)
118. Demographics, Fiscal Policy, and U.S. Saving in the 1980s and Beyond
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
     See also Chapter (1990)
119. 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 Journal Article in Journal of Economics (1993)
     Chapter (1999)
120. How Rational Is the Purchase of Life Insurance?
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
121. Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
     See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1992)
122. The Dynamics of an Aging Population: The Case of Four OECD Countries
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (49)
123. The Economic Dynamics of an Ageing Population: The Case of Four OECD Countries
     OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (101)

1988

124. 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 in Economic Journal (1990)
125. 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)
126. 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)
127. Estimating The Age-Productivity Profile Using Lifetime Earnings
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
128. 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 (6)
129. The Dynamics of Living Arrangements of the Elderly
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
130. 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 (1990)

1987

131. Can People Compute? An Experimental Test of the Life Cycle Consumption Model
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
132. Employee Retirement and a Firm's Pension Plan
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
     See also Chapter (1989)
133. 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 (1989)
134. Intergenerational Transfers and Savings
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1988)
135. Pension Backloading, Wage Taxes, and Work Disincentives
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
     See also Chapter (1988)
136. 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 in Journal of Political Economy (1989)

1986

137. Health Expenditures and Precautionary Savings
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
138. Is Debt Neutral in the Life Cycle Model?
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
139. Laws as Assets: A Possible Solution to the Time Consistency Problem
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
140. Social Security: A Financial Appraisal Across and Within Generations
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (71)
     Also in CEPR Publications, Stanford University, Center for Economic Policy Research (1986) View citations (6)
141. Tax Incidence
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
     See also Chapter (1987)
142. The Contribution of Intergenerational Transfers to Total Wealth: A Reply
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)

1985

143. 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)
144. Life Insurance of the Elderly: Adequacy and Determinants
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
145. Personal Security Accounts: A Proposal for Fundamental Social Security Reform
     CEPR Publications, Stanford University, Center for Economic Policy Research View citations (12)
146. 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)
147. The Efficiency Gains from Social Security Benefit - Tax Linkage
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

1984

148. Empirical Tests of Alternative Models of International Growth
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
     See also Chapter (1987)
149. 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 (1985)
150. 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 in Annals of Economics and Statistics (1988)
151. Simulating Alternative Social Security Responses to the Demographic Transition
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
152. Taxation and Savings - A Neoclassical Perspective
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (1984)
153. The Impact of Annuity Insurance on Savings and Inequality
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
154. The Incentive Effects of Private Pension Plans
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)
     See also Chapter (1987)

1983

155. Annuity Markets, Savings, and the Capital Stock
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
     See also Chapter (1987)

1982

156. 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)
157. The Economic Effects of Government Expenditures
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1981

158. An Examination of Empirical Tests of Social Security and Savings
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
159. 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 (1983)
160. 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 in American Economic Review (1982)
161. The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)
     See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1983)
162. 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

163. 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 in Journal of Political Economy (1981)

1979

164. Some Economic Implications of Life Span Extension
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (4)
165. The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
     Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1979)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1981)

1978

166. Dividing Capital Accumulation Into Its Life Cycle and Intergenerational Transfer Components
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
167. Long Run Tax Incidence and Variable Labor Supply Revisited
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
168. Social Security, Time for Reform
     UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
169. 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 in Journal of Political Economy (1979)
170. 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 in Economic Inquiry (1979)

1975

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

Undated

172. 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

1. Is Uncle Sam Inducing the Elderly to Retire?
   Tax Policy and the Economy, 2017, 31, (1), 1 - 42 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2016)
   Chapter (2016)

2016

2. How Much Will China Save? Projecting China's National Savings Through 2040
   Asian Economic Journal, 2016, 30, (3), 255-274
3. Pension System Solvency – From Linguistics to Economics
   Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2016, 152, (II), 83-102

2015

4. ESCPlannerBASIC Canada
   SPP Communique, 2015, 7, (1)
5. The fiscal gap: An estimate for Russia
   Russian Journal of Economics, 2015, 1, (3), 240-256 View citations (5)
6. 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 (2015)

2013

7. The world’s interconnected demographic/fiscal transition
   The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2013, 1-2, 35-49 View citations (3)
8. 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 (2010)

2012

9. Limited-Purpose Banking--Moving from "Trust Me" to "Show Me" Banking
   American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 113-19 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2012)
10. The Excess Burden of Government Indecision
    Tax Policy and the Economy, 2012, 26, (1), 125 - 164 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
    Chapter (2012)
11. Why aren't developed countries saving?
    European Economic Review, 2012, 56, (6), 1261-1275 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2011

12. Fixing Social Security — What Would Bismarck Do?
    National Tax Journal, 2011, 64, (2), 415-28 View citations (2)

2010

13. Global growth, ageing, and inequality across and within generations
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2010, 26, (4), 636-654 View citations (11)
14. Retirement Income Security Après le Deluge -super-†
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2010, 56, (3), 350-365
15. 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

16. 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 (1991)
17. 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

18. 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 (2004)
19. 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 (86)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
20. Pension Reform as the Triumph of Form over Substance
    The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (1), 1-5
21. The Emperor's Dangerous Clothes
    The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (2), 1-5

2007

22. Mitigating America's demographic dilemma by pre-funding social security
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, (2), 247-266 View citations (78)
23. Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax
    National Tax Journal, 2007, 60, (2), 225-52 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

24. Are Economists Smarter?
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (6), 1-2
25. Averting America's Bankruptcy with a New New Deal
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (2), 1-7
26. Comments on \\"Understanding global imbalances\\" by Richard Cooper
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2006, 51
27. Grading the President's Tax Reform Panel's Plan
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (6), 1-5
28. Is the United States bankrupt?
    Review, 2006, 88, (Jul), 235-250 View citations (6)
29. 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

30. 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
31. Fiscal Policy and the Future of the Euro
    Cato Journal, 2004, 24, (1-2), 51-55
32. The Role of Immigration in Dealing with the Developed World's Demographic Transition
    FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2004, 60, (3), 296-324 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

33. Are Life Insurance Holdings Related to Financial Vulnerabilities?
    Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (4), 531-554 View citations (7)
34. 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 (42)

2002

35. Simulating the Transmission of Wealth Inequality
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 265-269 View citations (7)

2001

36. Simulating the transmission of wealth inequality via bequests
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 79, (1), 93-128 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

2000

37. Generational Accounting in the UK
    Economic Journal, 2000, 110, (467), F547-74 View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
38. The baby boomers' mega-inheritance-myth or reality?
    Economic Commentary, 2000, (Oct) View citations (4)

1999

39. Generational Accounting around the Globe
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 161-166 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
40. Privatizing Social Security in the U.S. -- Comparing the Options
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 1999, 2, (3), 532-574 View citations (51)

1998

41. Assessing fundamental tax reform
    Economic Commentary, 1998, (Jan)
42. Privatizing U.S. Social Security: some possible effects on intergenerational equity and the economy
    Review, 1998, (Mar), 31-37 View citations (1)
43. Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 137-41 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
44. The personal security system: a framework for reforming Social Security
    Review, 1998, (Mar), 11-13 View citations (6)

1997

45. Generational Accounting in New Zealand: Is There Generational Balance?
    International Tax and Public Finance, 1997, 4, (2), 201-228 View citations (7)
46. It's High Time to Privatize: Panel Discussion
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1997, (jun), 293-296 View citations (5)
47. Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (6), 1121-66 View citations (451)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
48. Reply to Diamond's and Cutler's Reviews of Generational Accounting
    National Tax Journal, 1997, 50, (2), 303-14 View citations (4)

1996

49. 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)
50. Privatizing School Security at Home and Abroad
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 368-72 View citations (12)
51. Rescuing Social Security
    Challenge, 1996, 39, (6), 21-22 View citations (1)
52. Risk-Sharing between and within Families
    Econometrica, 1996, 64, (2), 261-94 View citations (225)
53. Understanding the Postwar Decline in U.S. Saving: A Cohort Analysis
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1996, 27, (1), 315-407 View citations (63)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

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

1994

56. Generational Accounting: A Meaningful Way to Evaluate Fiscal Policy
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (1), 73-94 View citations (231)
57. The 1995 budget and health care reform: a generational perspective
    Economic Review, 1994, 30, (Q I), 20-30

1993

58. Corporate Tax Incidence and Inefficiency When Corporate and Noncorporate Goods Are Close Substitutes
    Economic Inquiry, 1993, 31, (4), 501-16 View citations (19)
59. 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 Chapter (1999)
    Working Paper (1989)
60. Generational accounts and lifetime tax rates, 1900-1991
    Economic Review, 1993, 29, (Q I), 2-13 View citations (3)
61. SOME INEFFICIENCY IMPLICATIONS OF GENERATIONAL POLITICS AND EXCHANGE*
    Economics and Politics, 1993, 5, (1), 27-42 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1992

62. 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
63. 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 (21)
    See also Working Paper (1991)
64. Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (5), 1177-98 View citations (415)
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1991

65. Generational accounts: a new approach to fiscal policy evaluation
    Economic Commentary, 1991, (Nov) View citations (2)
66. The adequacy of life insurance purchases
    Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1991, 1, (3), 215-241 View citations (20)
67. U.S. demographics and saving: Predictions of three saving models
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1991, 34, (1), 135-156 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1990

68. 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 (1988)
69. The Crisis in U.S. Saving and Proposals to Address the Crisis
    National Tax Journal, 1990, 43, (3), 233-46 View citations (4)

1989

70. On the Contribution of Economics to the Evaluation and Formation of Social Insurance Policy
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 184-90 View citations (13)
71. 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 (69)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1988

72. Consumption, Computation Mistakes, and Fiscal Policy
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (2), 408-12 View citations (6)
73. Intergenerational Transfers and Savings
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988, 2, (2), 41-58 View citations (174)
    See also Working Paper (1987)
74. 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 (1984)
75. Social Contracts as Assets: A Possible Solution to the Time-Consistency Problem
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (4), 662-77 View citations (98)
76. 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

77. Evaluating Fiscal Policy with a Dynamic Simulation Model
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 49-55 View citations (116)
78. Justifying Public Provision of Social Security
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 6, (4), 674-696 View citations (25)

1986

79. The Effect of Annuity Insurance and Savings and Inequality
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (3), S183-207 View citations (11)

1985

80. 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

81. 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)
82. Taxation and Savings: A Neoclassical Perspective
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1984, 22, (4), 1576-1629 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper (1984)

1983

83. National Savings and Economic Policy: The Efficacy of Investment vs. Savings Incentives
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (2), 82-87 View citations (4)
84. The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
    International Economic Review, 1983, 24, (1), 81-100 View citations (124)
    See also Working Paper (1981)

1982

85. The Adequacy of Savings
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (5), 1056-69 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper (1981)

1981

86. The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (2), 372-91 View citations (361)
    See also Working Paper (1979)
87. The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (4), 706-32 View citations (463)
    See also Working Paper (1980)

1979

88. Social Security and Equilibrium Capital Intensity
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (2), 233-253 View citations (55)
89. Tax Incidence in a Life Cycle Model with Variable Labor Supply
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (4), 705-718 View citations (25)
90. Testing the Theory of Social Security and Life Cycle Accumulation
    American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (3), 396-410 View citations (80)
91. 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 (1978)
92. The Structure of Slave Prices in New Orleans, 1804 to 1862
    Economic Inquiry, 1979, 17, (4), 496-518 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (1978)

1977

93. 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

1. The Clash of Generations: Saving Ourselves, Our Kids, and Our Economy, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (9)
   Also in MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2012) View citations (10)

2007

2. The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (5)

2005

3. 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

4. Generational Accounting around the World
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (188)

1998

5. Macroeconomics, 2nd Edition: An Integrated Approach, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (8)
6. Study Guide to Accompany Macroeconomics, 2nd Edition: An Integrated Approach, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (7)

1990

7. 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

8. What Determines Savings?, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (87)

1983

9. Pensions in the American Economy
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)

Edited books

2001

1. Essays on Saving, Bequests, Altruism, and Life-Cycle Planning, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (32)

1999

2. Generational Accounting around the World
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (148)

Chapters

2022

1. How Much Lifetime Social Security Benefits Are Americans Leaving on the Table?
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 37, 2022
   See also Working Paper (2022)

2018

2. The True Cost of Social Security
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 33, 2018
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2016

3. 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 in Tax Policy and the Economy (2017)
   Working Paper (2016)

2013

4. Generational Policy and Aging in Closed and Open Dynamic General Equilibrium Models
   Elsevier View citations (14)

2012

5. Game Over: Simulating Unsustainable Fiscal Policy
   A chapter in Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis, 2012, pp 177-202 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper (2012)
6. The Excess Burden of Government Indecision
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 26, 2012, pp 125-163 View citations (25)
   See also Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2012)
   Working Paper (2010)

2007

7. 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
8. 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 (18)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
9. Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us to Dinner? Simulating the Transition Paths of the United States, the European Union, Japan, and China
   A chapter in Fiscal Policy and Management in East Asia, 2007, pp 133-193 View citations (22)

2006

10. 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 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2003

11. Who Gets Paid to Save?
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 17, 2003, pp 111-140 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2002

12. Distributional Effects in a General Equilibrium Analysis of Social Security
    A chapter in The Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform, 2002, pp 327-370 View citations (26)
13. Generational policy
    Chapter 27 in Handbook of Public Economics, 2002, vol. 4, pp 1873-1932 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
14. Social Security's Treatment of Postwar Americans. How Bad Can It Get?
    A chapter in The Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform, 2002, pp 207-262 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
15. The Impact of Social Security and Other Factors on the Distribution of Wealth
    A chapter in The Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform, 2002, pp 85-114 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

16. An International Comparison of Generational Accounts
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 73-102 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
17. Argentina's Generational Accounts: Is the Convertibility Plan's Fiscal Policy Sustainable?
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 103-140
18. Canada: On the Road to Fiscal Balance
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 199-218 View citations (2)
19. From Deficit Delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking for an Economically Meaningful Way to Assess Fiscal Policy
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 9-30 View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economics (1993)
    Working Paper (1989)
20. Generational Accounting in Australia
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 141-160 View citations (5)
21. Generational Accounting in Brazil
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 177-198 View citations (16)
22. Generational Accounting in General Equilibrium
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 43-72 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
23. Generational Accounting in New Zealand
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 347-368 View citations (3)
24. Generational Accounting in Portugal
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 471-488 View citations (4)
25. Generational Accounts for Belgium
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 161-176 View citations (6)
26. Generational Accounts for Italy
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 299-324 View citations (18)
27. Introduction to "Generational Accounting around the World"
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 1-8 View citations (64)
28. Social Security's Treatment of Postwar Americans
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 13, 1999, pp 109-148 View citations (26)
29. The Methodology of Generational Accounting
    A chapter in Generational Accounting around the World, 1999, pp 31-42 View citations (28)

1998

30. Simulating the Privatization of Social Security in General Equilibrium
    A chapter in Privatizing Social Security, 1998, pp 265-311 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

31. Privatization of Social Security: How It Works and Why It Matters
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 10, 1996, pp 1-32 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1992

32. Health, Children, and Elderly Living Arrangements: A Multiperiod-Multinomial Probit Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity and Autocorrelated Errors
    A chapter in Topics in the Economics of Aging, 1992, pp 79-108 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper (1990)
33. Social Security and Medicare Policy from the Perspective of Generational Accounting
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 6, 1992, pp 129-145 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (1992)
34. Tax Aspects of Policy toward Aging Populations
    A chapter in Canada-U.S. Tax Comparisons, 1992, pp 255-274 View citations (4)
35. The Provision of Time to the Elderly by Their Children
    A chapter in Topics in the Economics of Aging, 1992, pp 109-134 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1991

36. Generational Accounts: A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 5, 1991, pp 55-110 View citations (316)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1990

37. Demographics, Fiscal Policy, and US Saving in the 1980s and Beyond
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy: Volume 4, 1990, pp 73-102 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (1989)
38. Why Don't the Elderly Live with Their Children? A New Look
    A chapter in Issues in the Economics of Aging, 1990, pp 149-172 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper (1988)

1989

39. Employee Retirement and a Firm's Pension Plan
    A chapter in The Economics of Aging, 1989, pp 279-334 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (1987)
40. How Much Care Do the Aged Receive from Their Children? A Bimodal Picture of Contact and Assistance
    A chapter in The Economics of Aging, 1989, pp 151-176 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1988

41. Pension Backloading, Wage Taxes, and Work Disincentives
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy: Volume 2, 1988, pp 161-196 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1987

42. Annuity Markets, Savings, and the Capital Stock
    A chapter in Issues in Pension Economics, 1987, pp 211-236 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (1983)
43. Empirical Tests of Alternative Models of International Growth
    A chapter in Trade and Structural Change in Pacific Asia, 1987, pp 227-270 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1984)
44. Tax incidence
    Chapter 16 in Handbook of Public Economics, 1987, vol. 2, pp 1043-1092 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper (1986)
45. The Incentive Effects of Private Pension Plans
    A chapter in Issues in Pension Economics, 1987, pp 283-340 View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper (1984)

1985

46. Labor Compensation and the Structure of Private Pension Plans: Evidence for Contractual versus Spot Labor Markets
    A chapter in Pensions, Labor, and Individual Choice, 1985, pp 55-88 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper (1984)

1983

47. Description of Data
    A chapter in Pensions in the American Economy, 1983, pp 20-26 View citations (1)
48. Financial Aspects of Private Pension Plans
    A chapter in Pensions in the American Economy, 1983, pp 290-351
49. Financial Aspects of State and Local Pension Plans
    A chapter in Pensions in the American Economy, 1983, pp 372-436
50. Introduction to "Pensions in the American Economy"
    A chapter in Pensions in the American Economy, 1983, pp 1-19 View citations (17)
51. National Savings, Economic Welfare, and the Structure of Taxation
    A chapter in Behavioral Simulation Methods in Tax Policy Analysis, 1983, pp 459-498 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper (1981)
52. Notes, References, Index
    A chapter in Pensions in the American Economy, 1983, pp 437-450
53. Pension Coverage of Workers and Pension Income Receipt among the Elderly
    A chapter in Pensions in the American Economy, 1983, pp 27-162
54. The Structure of Private Pension Plans
    A chapter in Pensions in the American Economy, 1983, pp 163-289 View citations (7)
55. The Structure of State and Local Pension Plans
    A chapter in Pensions in the American Economy, 1983, pp 352-371

Software Items

2002

1. Auerbach-Kotlikoff Model
   QM&RBC Codes, Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles View citations (45)