Research At SCEPA
Wage Increases, Transfers, and the Income Distribution
WORKING PAPER | Authors examine large public financial flows that are both progressive and regressive, and construct tax and transfer programs that could be more beneficial for all.
U.S. Size Distribution and the Macroeconomy, 1986-2009
WORKING PAPER | The U.S. national income and product accounts are restated in the form of a social accounting matrix or SAM.
What Policies Will Really Reduce Inequality?
WORKING PAPER | In the United States, there is ongoing debate about how people of different income levels will be affected by policy decisions.
Fiscal Deficits, Economic Growth, and Government Debt in the USA
WORKING PAPER | A simple model illustrates interactions between the "primary" fiscal deficit (total deficit minus interest payments), economic growth, and debt.
Fiscal Arithmetic for Government Debt, Deficits, and Economics Growth
POLICY NOTE | Economic policy debate in the United States and other developed economies has been dominated by talk of lowering fiscal deficits through spending reductions.