We characterize the factors that determine who becomes an inventor in the United States,
focusing on the role of inventive ability (“nature”) versus environment (“nurture”). Using …

We investigate the relationship between inequality, redistribution, and growth using a
recently-compiled dataset that distinguishes clearly between market (pre-tax and transfer) …

The Fund has recognized in recent years that one cannot separate issues of economic
growth and stability on one hand and equality on the other. Indeed, there is a strong case for …

We exploit staggered changes in state-level corporate tax rates to show that an increase in
taxes reduces future innovation. A variety of tests, including those based on policy …

Policymakers and researchers have long been interested in how potential changes to the
personal income tax system affect the size of the overall economy. In 2014, for example …

Using new narrative measures of exogenous variation in marginal tax rates associated with
postwar tax reforms in the United States, this study estimates short-run tax elasticities of …

What is the relationship between inequality and growth? This question has occupied and
fascinated social scientists for more than a century. This article critically reviews the recent …

Objective To examine the design characteristics, risk of bias, and reporting adequacy of
pivotal randomised controlled trials of cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines …

As most develo** countries strive to achieve economic growth and development through
taxation, they face numerous economic challenges. The debate on the effectiveness of taxes …

This study investigates the role of governance in the resource mobilization-inclusive growth
relationship. We explore the difference Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation …