Directions for Fiscal Policy Research
I first started thinking seriously about fiscal policy in 1985, as a third-year graduate student at Harvard and a new research assistant for Marty Feldstein.
Research
Whither the federal budget?
Panelists discussed the outlook for the federal budget. Over the next 10 years, the deficit is going to be about double what it was on average for the last 50 years.
Financing Community Mental Health Worker Programs in the United States: Three Paths Forward
The United States is in need of novel solutions to deliver mental health care, especially in the wake of inadequate community health financing following deinstitutionalization.
The Ghost Budget: U.S. War Spending & Fiscal Transparency
Most experts maintain that oversight, including ex post oversight, is critical to ensure that government actions are transparent and accountable to its citizens.
The Role of Policy Analysts in Addressing the US Fiscal Challenge
US government debt is on a path that is almost surely unsustainable without significant changes in policy.
The Limits of Government Outsourcing: Property Tax Re-Assessments in India
Many theories of outsourcing presume private firms are more efficient producers of goods and services, but that contracting frictions mean that firms do not internalize the government’s objective func
Lessons for Automatic Fiscal Stabilizers from the Great Recession and the COVID Recession
This paper simulates economic developments as if the discretionary fiscal stimulus enacted in the past two recessions had not occurred and additional automatic fiscal stabilizers had been deployed ins
Bridging the Gap Between Industry and Academia: Key to Achieving India's 2070 Net Zero Goal
India’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070, alongside its alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), highlights the urgent need for enhanced climate action.
Putting US Fiscal Policy on an Sustainable Path
Even allowing for uncertainty about the future economy, current US fiscal policies are almost certainly unsustainable.
Putting US Fiscal Policy on an Sustainable Path
Even allowing for uncertainty about the future economy, current US fiscal policies are almost certainly unsustainable.
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