| Description |
xvii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Hoover Institution Press Publication ; no. 435 |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; 435
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| Contents |
Introduction / Michael J. Boskin -- 1. Goals of Fundamental Tax Reform / Bill Archer -- 2. A Framework for the Tax Reform Debate / Michael J. Boskin -- 3. The Flat Tax: A Simple Progressive Consumption Tax / Robert F. Hall and Alvin Rabushka -- 4. The Nunn-Domenici USA Tax: Analysis and Comparisons / Murray Weidenbaum -- 5. A Hybrid Approach to the Direct Taxation of Consumption / Charles E. McLure, Jr. and George R. Zodrow -- 6. The Role of a Value-Added Tax in Fundamental Tax Reform / Gilbert E. Metcalf -- 7. The Economic and Civil Liberties Case for a National Sales Tax / Stephen Moore -- 8. Consumption Taxes: Some Fundamental Transition Issues / David F. Bradford -- 9. Providing Appropriate Information on Tax Reform / Kenneth J. Kies -- 10. Saving and Consumption Taxation: The Federal Retail Sales Tax Example / Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- 11. The Economic Impact of Fundamental Tax Reform / Dale W. Jorgenson |
| Analysis |
Consumption tax |
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Income tax |
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Overseas item |
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Tax rates and margins |
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United States |
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VAT |
| Notes |
Papers presented at a conference held in Washington, D.C., in May 1995, sponsored by the Hoover Institution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Taxation -- United States -- Congresses.
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Value-added tax -- United States -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Boskin, Michael J.
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Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace.
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| LC no. |
95048858 |
| ISBN |
0817994319 (alk. paper) |
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0817994327 (paperback) |
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