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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797183703321

Autore

Seidman Laurence S.

Titolo

Automatic fiscal policies to combat recessions / / Laurence S. Seidman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-70624-5

1-317-47626-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

339.5/2/0973

Soggetti

Taxation - United States

Income tax - United States

Fiscal policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1, 1. Fiscal policy to combat a severe recession ; 2. An automatic transfer (tax rebate) ; 3. An automatic temporary consumption tax cut ; 4. Fiscal discipline with NUBAR (Normal Unemployment Balanced Budget Rule) ; 5. A fiscal policy advisory board -- pt. 2, 6. Recent empirical studies relevant to countercyclical fiscal policy ; 7. The tax rebate in the 1975 recession ; 8. The tax rebate in the 2001 recession ; 9. Early studies of automatic fiscal policy -- pt. 3, 10. Early challenges to countercyclical fiscal policy ; 11. The new classical counterrevolution : a false path for macroeconomics ; 12. Fiscal policy and the ending of the Great Depression.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the most prominent research in the field, this timely book offers bold new fiscal policies that can complement current automatic stabilizers and counter-cyclical monetary policy to help combat recessions. Dr. Seidman argues for an independent fiscal policy board or the Federal Reserve to decide changes in the magnitude of Congress's fiscal policy package of stimulus or restraint, with recommendations going into effect immediately, subject only to Congressional override.