NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Tax Policy and Investment

Kevin A. Hassett, R. Glenn Hubbard

NBER Working Paper No. 5683 (Also Reprint No. r2177)*
Issued in February 1998
NBER Program(s):   PE    EFG

In this paper, we summarize recent advances in the study of effects of tax policy on the fixed investment decisions of firms. We attempt to identify consensus where it has been achieved and to highlight important unresolved issues. In addition, we discuss the implications of recent findings for the analysis of policy options, and discuss arguments for and against long-run tax policy that favors business investment spending.

*Published: Fiscal Policy: Lessons from Economic Research, Auerbach, Alan, ed., Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997.

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