Assessing the welfare impact of tax reform: A case study of the 2001 U.S. tax cut

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-256

  Hotchkiss, Julie L ^a,b   Moore, Robert E ^b   Rios Avila, Fernando ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household welfare; Joint labor supply; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860466558     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2012.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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