Alan Auerbach of the University of California, Berkeley, says it would make sense for America to move more in line with other countries.

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William Gale, co-directorf of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and University of California-Berkeley Professor Alan Auerbach argued in a paper published Thursday that much more deficit reduction was needed than enacted in agreements so far.

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Inheritance tax is undoubtedly unpopular but it deters saving less than most other taxes on capital accumulation, as Alan Auerbach, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, pointed out in a recent lecture in London.

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As Alan Auerbach, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, pointed out in a lecture given in London a year ago, it falls on unintended legacies money put aside to pay for old age, for example as well as intentional bequests.

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Modern economic theory and empirical evidence including a series of papers by one of us (Hassett) and Alan Auerbach of the University of California, Berkeley show that raising taxes on dividends at the individual level increases the cost of equity capital and lowers asset prices, harming consumers while hindering firms' ability to hire workers.

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