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Tax Policy

Essential Reading Items

Policy Brief 10-10: Higher Taxes on Multinationals Would Hurt US Workers and Exports
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Theodore H. Moran, Peterson Institute for International Economics
May 2010

Book: US Taxation of Foreign Income
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Ariel Assa
October 2007

Book: Reforming the US Corporate Tax
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Paul L. E. Grieco
September 2005

Op-ed: America Badly Needs a Value Added Tax
by Paul L. E. Grieco, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Financial Times
April 21, 2005

Paper: Tax Policy in a Global Economy
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper for the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies
Revised February 2000


Policy Briefs

10-13: Hobbling Exports and Destroying Jobs [pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Theodore H. Moran, Peterson Institute for International Economics
June 2010

10-10: Higher Taxes on Multinationals Would Hurt US Workers and Exports [pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Theodore H. Moran, Peterson Institute for International Economics
May 2010

10-9: Protection by Stealth: Using the Tax Law to Discriminate against Foreign Insurance Companies [pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
April 2010

09-7: US Taxation of Multinational Corporations: What Makes Sense, What Doesn’t [pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Jisun Kim, Peterson Institute for International Economics
March 2009

09-1: Did Reagan Rule In Vain? A Closer Look at True Expenditure Levels in the United States and Europe [pdf]
by Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Peterson Institute for International Economics
January 2009

04-3: Senator Kerry on Corporate Tax Reform: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription [pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Paul L. E. Grieco, Peterson Institute for International Economics
April 2004

03-7: Rules Against Earnings Stripping: Wrong Answer to Corporate Inversions [pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Ariel Assa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
May 2003

02-10: The Foreign Sales Corporation: Reaching the Last Act? [pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
November 2002


Working Papers

10-5: Excessive Volatility in Capital Flows: A Pigouvian Taxation Approach [pdf]
by Olivier Jeanne, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Anton Korinek, University of Maryland
May 2010

09-15: Reconciling Climate Change and Trade Policy [pdf]
by Aaditya Mattoo, The World Bank
and Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, The World Bank
and Jianwu He, The World Bank
December 2009


Speeches, Testimony, Papers

Climate Change Legislation: Tax Aspects
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before the US Senate Committee on Finance
June 16, 2009

Are High Corporate Taxes Shipping Jobs Overseas? [pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Transcript from Peterson Perspectives: Interviews on Current Issues
May 6, 2009

Tariffs, Enforcement, and Customs Evasion: Evidence from India [pdf]
by Prachi Mishra, International Monetary Fund
and Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Petia Topalova, International Monetary Fund
Forthcoming article in the Journal of Public Economics
April 2008

Equity in the Tax Code
by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means
September 6, 2007

Tax Policy in a Global Economy
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper for the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies
Revised February 2000


Op-eds

America Could Turn to India for Inspiration on Tax Reform
by Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Business Standard
February 24, 2010

Tax Reforms for Higher Growth
by Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Business Standard, New Delhi
December 23, 2009

The Income Tax's 95th Birthday—John McCain and Barack Obama Are Voicing Old Arguments
by Steven R. Weisman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in U.S. News & World Report
October 23, 2008

India’s Faustian Fiscal Bargain—Part II
by Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Business Standard, New Delhi
October 10, 2007

America Badly Needs a Value Added Tax
by Paul L. E. Grieco, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Financial Times
April 21, 2005

End This Damaging Tax and Trade Charade
by Ernest Christian, US Export Coalition
and Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Financial Times
March 8, 2004


Books

US Taxation of Foreign Income
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Ariel Assa
October 2007

Reforming the US Corporate Tax
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Paul L. E. Grieco
September 2005

Foreign Direct Investment and Tax Competition
by John H. Mutti
December 2003