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The effect of sales tax holidays on household consumption patterns
Marwell, Nathan; McGranahan, Leslie (2010)
Sales tax holidays (STHs) are the temporary suspension of state (and some local) sales taxes on selected retail items for a brief period of time. The policy has gained popularity in recent years, beginning in one state in 1997 and growing to twenty by 2008. Despite the increased frequency with which states use STHs, little research has been conducted to study how households respond to this temporary tax manipulation. Our paper offers the first household-level, microeconometric evaluation on the effect of STHs on household consumption patterns. We find that on STHs, households increase the ...
Working Paper Series , Paper WP-2010-06

Speech
Improving the measurement of inflation expectations
Potter, Simon M. (2012)
Remarks at the Barclays 16th Annual Global Inflation-Linked Conference, New York City.
Speech , Paper 84

Working Paper
The optimal mix of taxes on money, consumption and income
De Fiore, Fiorella; Teles, Pedro (2002)
We determine the optimal combination of taxes on money, consumption and income in transactions technology models where exogenous government expenditures must be financed with distortionary taxes. We show that the optimal policy does not tax money, regardless of whether the government can use as alternative fiscal instruments an income tax, a consumption tax, or the two taxes jointly. These results are at odds with recent literature. We argue that the reason for this divergence is an inappropriate specification of the transactions technology adopted in the literature.
Working Paper Series , Paper WP-02-03

Journal Article
Consumption taxes : macroeconomic effects and policy issues
Garner, C. Alan (2005-04)
Proposals for fundamental reform of the federal tax code are receiving increased attention in the business press and among economic analysts and policymakers. President Bush has identified tax reform as a top priority, calling for a tax system that is ?pro-growth, easy to understand, and fair to all.? Moreover, the President has appointed a commission to consider different approaches to tax reform. One approach might be to improve the current income-based federal tax code, perhaps by broadening the tax base and lowering income-tax rates. However, another approach might be to replace current ...
Economic Review , Volume 90 , Issue Q II , Pages 5-29

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A regime shift in measured per capita consumption, with implications for asset prices and returns
Golob, John E. (1992)
Research Working Paper , Paper 92-06

Journal Article
Does consumer sentiment predict regional consumption?
Owyang, Michael T.; Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben; Garrett, Thomas A. (2005-03)
This paper tests the ability of consumer sentiment to predict retail spending at the state level. The results here suggest that, although there is a significant relationship between consumer sentiment measures and retail sales growth in several states, consumer sentiment exhibits only modest predictive power for future changes in retail spending. Measures of consumer sentiment, however, contain additional explanatory power beyond the information available in other indicators. By restricting attention to fluctuations in retail sales that occur at the business cycle frequency, the authors ...
Review , Volume 87 , Issue Mar , Pages 123-135

Journal Article
Tax reform and aggregate spending
Throop, Adrian W. (1986)
FRBSF Economic Letter

Working Paper
The growth of consumer credit and the household debt service burden
Maki, Dean M. (2000)
Household debt is at a record high relative to disposable income. Some analysts are concerned that this unprecedented level of debt might pose a risk to the financial health of American households and ultimately lead them to curtail their spending. In this paper, I summarize some of the relevant facts concerning the growth of consumer credit and the household debt service burden, outline the results of the research that has been conducted in this area, and look at the questions that might be answered with additional research.
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2000-12

Journal Article
Recent developments in instalment credit
anonymous (1949-04)
Federal Reserve Bulletin , Issue Apr , Pages 333-342

Journal Article
Consumption trends of the U.S. hispanic population from 1980-2003
anonymous (2006-10)
Between 1980 and 2003, the number of Hispanics in the United States increased dramatically from 14.6 million to 39.2 million. As a proportion of the national population, the share of Hispanics more than doubled from 6 percent to nearly 14 percent during this period. Projections from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate this trend will continue well into the future: Hispanics are expected to comprise 20.1 percent of the U.S. population, or 73.1 million individuals, by 2030. In addition to being a huge source of population growth, Hispanics have also been playing an increasingly important role in ...
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