TY - JOUR AU - Fullerton,Don AU - Karayannis,Marios TI - The Taxation of Income from Capital in the United States, 1980-86 JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series VL - No. 2478 PY - 1994 Y2 - November 1994 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2478 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2478.pdf N1 - Author contact info: Don Fullerton Department of Finance University of Illinois BIF Box#30 (MC520) 515 East Gregory Drive Champaign, IL 61820 Tel: 217/244-3621 Fax: 217/244-3102 E-Mail: dfullert@illinois.edu AB - Tax rules have changed almost yearly in the United States since 1980. In particular, the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 reduced marginal tax rates and shortened depreciation lifetimes, while the Tax Reform Act of 1986 reduced marginal tax rates, repealed the investment tax credit, and lengthened depreciation lifetimes. ER -