As the old joke about economics examinations has it, the questions do not change – only the answers do. Students in the late 1960s and…
Europe's economic situation is viewed with far less concern than was the case six, 12 or 18 months ago. Policymakers in Europe far prefer…
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Do retirement savings policies - such as tax subsidies or employer-provided pension plans - increase total saving for retirement or simply…
Since the election, American public policy debate has been focused on prospective budget deficits and what can be done to reduce them. The…
Last week, Governor Patrick proposed increasing the income tax and eliminating over $1.25 billion worth of deductions to “support our…
Sooner or later the U.S. tax code will be reformed. Probably sooner. Raising revenue will be the main motivation, but issues of fairness as…
Though the dust from the election has barely settled — the nation has already moved on.
Consuming our attention now is the budget crisis…
For a United States citizen, the short trip to Havana requires navigating an obstacle course, owing to the trade and travel embargo that…
We conduct and analyze two large surveys of hypothetical annuitization choices. We find that allowing individuals to annuitize a fraction…
Conventional wisdom suggests that after a spectacular economic performance during the 1970s and 1980s, Japan has endured two “lost decades…