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CDA Research Papers

October 20, 2009
The Baucus Plan: Implications for Small- and Medium-Sized Firms
By John L. Ligon
WebMemo #2656


October 15, 2009
Adding Insult to Injury: The Baucus Health Plan Imposes New Taxes on the Sick
By Robert A. Book, Ph.D., Guinevere L. Nell, and Paul L. Winfree
WebMemo #2651


September 23, 2009
Current Health Insurance Reform Proposals vs. Real Reform and Economic Growth
By Karen A. Campbell
Backgrounder #2321


August 28, 2009
Economics of Play-or-Pay Mandates in Health Care Reform Bills
By D. Mark Wilson
Backgrounder #2312


July 23, 2009
House Bill to Hit Small Businesses with Surtax
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
WebMemo #2556


July 09, 2009
A Third Stimulus? Don't Repeat the Same Failures
By J. D. Foster, Ph.D., and Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
WebMemo #2533


July 01, 2009
How Reforms to the Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Benefit the Middle Class
By Greg D’Angelo, Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Paul L. Winfree
WebMemo #2518


July 01, 2009
Senate "Free Rider" Penalties: Taxing the Poor to Pay for Health Care
By Robert A. Book, Ph.D. and Edmund F. Haislmaier
WebMemo #2516


May 21, 2009
The Results Are In: Stimulus Bill Neither Timely Nor Targeted
By Patrick Tyrrell
WebMemo #2454


May 11, 2009
COPS Program: COPS Improvements Act of 2009 Exacerbates Flawed Federal Policies
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Brian W. Walsh
WebMemo #2434


March 13, 2009
Time for a Real Change: Repeal the Corporate Income Tax
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #2248


March 11, 2009
D.C. Voting Rights: No Representation? No Taxation!
By Robert A. Book, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2338


January 26, 2009
Building a Better Stimulus Bill
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Ryan Tang
WebMemo #2247


January 26, 2009
The Stimulus Bill: $825 Billion in Forgone Family Spending
By Shanea J. Watkins, Ph.D., and Patrick Tyrrell
WebMemo #2242


October 15, 2008
The Obama and McCain Tax Plans: How Do They Compare?
By William Beach, Karen Campbell, Ph.D., Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Guinevere Nell
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-09


November 07, 2007
The End of Pro-Growth Tax Policy: How the Rangel Tax Bill Could Affect the U.S. Economy
By William W. Beach and Guinevere Nell
WebMemo #1697


May 07, 2007
Tax Increases Ahead: The Impact of the House Budget Resolution, By Congressional District
By Shanea Watkins, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #2031


April 17, 2007
Calibrating Macroeconomic and Microsimulation Models to CBO's Baseline Projections
By Tracy L. Foertsch, Ph.D. and Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #07-02


February 06, 2007
How Bush's Health Care Tax Plan Will Raise Wages
By James Sherk and Nina Owcharenko
WebMemo #1345


February 01, 2007
The Triple Whammy of Taxes: How the AMT, Repealing the Bush Tax Cuts, and the Social Security Wage Cap Would Raise Taxes on Millions of Americans
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr., Alison Acosta Fraser, William W. Beach
WebMemo #1334


December 07, 2006
Dynamic Analysis at Treasury: What Are the Next Steps?
By Tracy L. Foertsch, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #1989


November 22, 2006
A Dynamic Analysis of the 2001 and 2003 Bush Tax Cuts: Applying an Alternative Technique for Calibrating Macroeconomic and Microsimulation Models
By Tracy L. Foertsch, Ph.D., and Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #06-10


August 17, 2006
The Treasury Department's Dynamic Analysis of President Bush's Tax Relief Plan: A Summary and Evaluation
By Tracy L. Foertsch, Ph.D., and Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #06-06


February 16, 2006
Make the Dividend and Capital Gains Tax Rates Permanent to Keep the Economy Growing
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and William W. Beach
Backgrounder #1914


February 09, 2006
The Bush Budget's Hidden Gold: Dynamic Scoring Comes to the Treasury
By William W. Beach
WebMemo #994


April 19, 2005
Reversing the Bush Tax Cuts Would Not Fix Social Security
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Andrew Grossman
Backgrounder #1844


October 25, 2004
Dividend Policy and the 2003 Tax Cut: Preliminary Evidence
By Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D., and Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D.
WebMemo #594


September 20, 2004
The Candidates' Tax Plans: Comparing the Economic and Fiscal Effects of the Bush and Kerry Tax Proposals
By William W. Beach, Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D., Rea S. Hederman, Jr., Alfredo B. Goyburu, and Tim Kane, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #04-09


October 10, 2003
What Mainstream Economic Models Tell Us About Wealth Taxes and Changing Tax Policy
By William W. Beach
Heritage Lecture #799


May 23, 2003
Economic Impact Analysis of the Jobs and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
By William W. Beach, Alfredo Goyburu, and Rea S. Hederman
WebMemo #281


May 23, 2003
Economic Impact Analysis of the Jobs and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
By William W. Beach, Alfredo Goyburu, and Rea S. Hederman
WebMemo #281


May 06, 2003
Lowering Dividends and Capital Gains to 15 Percent Creates Significant Economic Growth
By Alfredo Goyburu, Rea Hederman and Norbert Michel
WebMemo #270


April 30, 2003
How the President's Dividend Plan Would Increase Corporate Investment
By Norbert J. Michel, Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D., and Alfredo Goyburu
Center for Data Analysis Report #0307


April 30, 2003
How the President's Dividend Plan Would Increase Corporate Investment
By Norbert J. Michel, Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D., and Alfredo Goyburu
Center for Data Analysis Report #0307


February 03, 2003
The Economic and Fiscal Effects of Ending the Federal Double Taxation of Dividends
By Norbert J. Michel, Alfredo Goyburu, and Ralph Rector, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #Working Paper


September 10, 1998
Why Taxes Affect Economic Growth
By William W. Beach
Heritage Lecture #624


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Chart 3: Initial Jobless Claims


Chart 1: Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index Change
Chart 2: Daily Yield Spread, Moody's Aaa and baa Rated Corporate Bonds
Chart 4: Percent of Labor Force Long-Term Unemployed

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The U.S. Economic Outlook
A PowerPoint presentation by William Beach on the implications of mounting federal debt for the debt paying generation. Total debt is expected to grow from $5.8 trillion in 2008 to $11 trillion by 2019. That is 41% of GDP in 2008 becoming 82% of GDP by 2019. A Tsunami of debt from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will push total debt to 320% of GDP in 2050 and 750% in 2083. In 2019, Interest payments alone on the debt will be $100 billion more than president Obama projects to spend on the whole Department of Defense. (PowerPoint)

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