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4 publications found, searching for 'Neil H. Buchanan '

• Working Paper No. 177
  November 01, 1996

  Taxes, Saving, and Macroeconomics

  Neil H. Buchanan
  Abstract

  Resident Scholar Neil H. Buchanan offers an analysis of the macroeconomic effects of current proposals to reform the tax system (e.g., a flat tax or a national sales tax), focusing…more

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• Working Paper No. 173
  October 01, 1996

  A Critique of Competing Plans for Radical Tax Restructuring

  Neil H. Buchanan
  Abstract

  At almost any time there exists a plan to alter the structure of taxation, and their number seems to increase during election years. Resident Scholar Neil Buchanan analyzes several recent…more

• Working Paper No. 170
  June 11, 1996

  Which Deficit?

  Neil H. Buchanan
  Abstract

  For some time economists have acknowledged that reported budgetary data do not necessarily reflect actual economic activity. Agreement has not been reached, however, on how budget figures should be adjusted…more

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• Working Paper No. 169
  June 10, 1996

  Comparing Alternative Methods of Adjusting US Federal Fiscal Deficits for Cyclical and Price Effects

  Neil H. Buchanan
  Abstract

  In this working paper, Resident Scholar Neil H. Buchanan statistically tests six alternative definitions of the federal budget deficit to determine if these definitions improve the results of econometric studies…more

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