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Generational accounts and lifetime tax rates, 1900-1991

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  • Alan J. Auerbach
  • Jagadeesh Gokhale
  • Laurence J. Kotlikoff

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An update of the baseline generational accounts reported in the 1993 federal budget that extends the analysis to lifetime net tax rates--the taxes that a generation pays, less the Social Security and other transfer benefits that it receives, as a share of income over its entire lifetime.

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  • Alan J. Auerbach & Jagadeesh Gokhale & Laurence J. Kotlikoff, 1993. "Generational accounts and lifetime tax rates, 1900-1991," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, vol. 29(Q I), pages 2-13.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcer:y:1993:i:qi:p:2-13:n:v.29no.1
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    1. Alan J. Auerbach & Jagadeesh Gokhale & Laurence J. Kotlikoff, 1991. "Generational Accounts: A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting," NBER Chapters, in: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 5, pages 55-110, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Cardarelli, Roberto & Sefton, James & Kotlikoff, Laurence J, 2000. "Generational Accounting in the UK," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(467), pages 547-574, November.
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