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Promises, Promises: The States' Experience With Income Tax Indexing

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  • Feenberg, Daniel R.
  • Rosen, Harvey S.

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Examines the states' experience with income tax indexing and sees what lesson can be drawn from it. Describes the indexing statutes, and estimate simple econometric models of both the decisions to adopt indexing and to renege on promise to index.

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  • Feenberg, Daniel R. & Rosen, Harvey S., 1988. "Promises, Promises: The States' Experience With Income Tax Indexing," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 41(4), pages 525-542, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:41:y:1988:i:4:p:525-42
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41788757
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    1. Aaron, Henry J, 1976. "Inflation and the Income Tax," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 66(2), pages 193-199, May.
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    1. Daniel Feenberg & Elisabeth Coutts, 1993. "An introduction to the TAXSIM model," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(1), pages 189-194.

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