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Campaign Finance Laws and Trust in Government
David Primo and Jeffrey Milyo

“If we reach a stage in which the people no longer believe that their representatives . . . have in mind the interests of their constituents but also the interests of large money contributors, the fundamental predicate of our system of governance breaks down,” said Seth Waxman, the counsel for the defendants in the December 10, 2003, Supreme Court case of McConnell v. FEC, which effectively banned soft money contributions and upheld most provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, commonly known as the McCain-Feingold act. Read more >>

Finance Research Areas
 

Financial markets, Public finance and regulation, Subsidies, Tax policy




Research in Brief
 

2008

Cyclical Budgetary Policy and Economic Growth: What Do We Learn from OECD Panel Data?
Ioana Marinescu and Philippe Aghion

The Fiscal Consequences of Electoral Institutions
Christopher Berry and Jacob Gersen

The Jackie (and Jill) Robinson Effect: Congresswomen and the Distribution of Federal Spending
Christopher Berry and Sarah Anzia

The U.S. Earned Income Tax Credit, Its Effects, and Possible Reforms
Bruce Meyer

2006

School Finance Judgments and Spending on Education: A Review of the Evidence
Christopher Berry

Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Wesley Yin, Nava Ashraf, and Dean Karlan

Unemployment Insurance Tax Burdens and Benefits: Funding Family Leave and Reforming the Payroll Tax
Bruce Meyer and Patricia Anderson

2005

The Effects of Welfare and Tax Reform: The Material Well-Being of Single Mothers in the 1980s and 1990s
Bruce Meyer and James Sullivan

Unemployment Insurance Tax Burdens and Benefits: Funding Family Leave and Reforming the Payroll Tax
Bruce Meyer and Patricia Anderson

2003

Can Government Collect Resources without Hurting Investors? Taxation of Returns from Assets
Raaj Sah and K. Wada

An Examination of Targeted Welfare Programs in the United States: Why In-Kind Assistance is not Superior to Cash Assistance
Amber Casolari

An Experimental Comparison of Collective Choice Procedures for Excludable Public Goods
Sean Gailmard and Thomas Palfrey

Mood Fluctuations, Projection Bias, and Volatility of Stock Prices
Raaj Sah and R. Mehra

2002

Average Marginal Tax Rates Revisited: A Comment
Casey Mulligan and Justin Marionto

Economic Limits on "Rational" Democratic Redistribution
Casey Mulligan

Social Capital and the Uncertainty Reduction of Self-Employment
Boris Blumberg and Gerard Pfann

2001

Tax Policy and Market Structure
Gerard Pfann and Hans van Kranenburg

Two-Sided Learning, Labor Turnover and Worker Displacement
Gerard Pfann and Daniel Hamermesh

1996

Bob Dole's Economic Plan: A Critique
Robert M. Coen

Bob Dole's Economic Plan: Affirmative
Brian Westbury and Chris Recker


 
Research Features
 
2002
 
Do IRAs Increase National Savings
Orazio P. Attanasio and Thomas DeLeire
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2000
 
Impact Fees Linked to Rising Home Costs
Brett M. Baden and Don L. Coursey
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Most Americans Are Not Saving for Retirement
Annamaria Lusardi
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