Fundamental Tax Reform: Issues, Choices, and Implications

Contributor(s): Diamond, John W (Editor), Zodrow, George R (Editor), III, James A Baker (Foreword by), Aaron, Henry J (Contribution by), Alm, James (Contribution by), Altshuler, Rosanne (Contribution by), Auerbach, Alan J (Contribution by), Ballard, Charles L (Contribution by), Burman, Leonard E (Contribution by), Chirinko, Robert S (Contribution by), Dietz, Robert D (Contribution by), Gillis, Malcolm (Contribution by), Gordon, Roger H (Contribution by), Gravelle, Jane G (Contribution by), Grubert, Harry (Contribution by), Gunning, Timothy S (Contribution by), Harberger, Arnold C (Contribution by), Hassett, Kevin A (Contribution by), Kniesner, Thomas J (Contribution by), Kotlikoff, Laurence J (Contribution by), McCaffery, Edward J (Contribution by), Mieszkowski, Peter (Contribution by), Moomau, Pamela (Contribution by), Neubig, Thomas S (Contribution by), Newmark, Kathryn G (Contribution by), Poterba, James M (Contribution by), Rapson, David (Contribution by), Saez, Emmanuel (Contribution by), Shaviro, Daniel (Contribution by), Sickles, Robin (Contribution by), Slemrod, Joel (Contribution by), Strnad, Jeff (Contribution by), Viard, Alan D (Contribution by), Yin, George (Contribution by), Ziliak, James P (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9780262042475

Publisher: MIT Press

Hardcover

$9.99

Pub Date: April 1, 2008

Dewey: 658.408

LCCN: 2007018934

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 1.22" H x 9.08" L x 6.33" W ( 1.89 lbs) 546 pages

BISAC Categories:

Business and Economics | Taxation | General

Series: Mit Press

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Leading experts on tax policy examine the complex issues involved in fundamental tax reform, including the relative merits of income-based and consumption-based taxation.

Brief description: John W. Diamond is Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

Review Quotes: "Diamond and Zodrow have produced a timely book on fundamental tax reform that avoids revisiting old and tired issues, appeals to a broad policy-oriented audience, and draws leading scholars to comment on reform-related issues."--Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics