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Senator Kerry on Corporate Tax Reform: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription

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  • Gary Clyde Hufbauer

    (Peterson Institute for International Economics)

  • Paul L. E. Grieco

    (Peterson Institute for International Economics)

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Senator John Kerry has proposed a major overhaul in corporate taxation, with the goal of persuading multinational companies (MNCs) to employ more workers at home and fewer abroad. Kerry has correctly emphasized that domestic production is often taxed at a higher rate than production abroad, but his prescriptions will not boost US jobs.

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  • Gary Clyde Hufbauer & Paul L. E. Grieco, 2004. "Senator Kerry on Corporate Tax Reform: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription," Policy Briefs PB04-03, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
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