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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783037403321

Autore

Hassett Kevin A

Titolo

The magic mountain : a guide to defining and using a budget surplus / / Kevin A. Hassett, R. Glenn Hubbard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : AEI Press, , c1999

©1999

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 40 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

HubbardR. Glenn

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - United States

Budget - United States

Surplus (Economics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Essay was prepared for discussion at an AEI workshop on April 24, 1998"--P. vii.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-38).

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii -- 1 INTRODUCTION 1 -- 2 METHODS OF MEASURING A FEDERAL BUDGET SURPLUS 2 -- 3 PROBLEMS WITH BUDGET PROJECTIONS 11 -- 4 WHAT DOES A SURPLUS MEN? 17 -- 5 WHAT SHOULD WE DO IF THERE IS A BUDGET SURPLUS? 22 -- 6 CONCLUSIONS 30 -- NOTES 31 -- REFERENCES 33 -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS 39.