Re: Laffer Curve

2005-04-19 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 4/19/05 12:43:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For what it's worth, I recall a Treasury study in the late 1980s that concluded that the tax cut of 1984 was 95% self-financing. David Do you have a citation for that study (or a copy)? If "95% self-financing" means what it

Re: Laffer Curve

2005-04-19 Thread William Dickens
I'm just wondering if it is even possible for the supply and demand curves to be shaped shaped in such a way that the Laffer curve does not apply to some market. Since you asked... Take an income tax and the very standard constant elasticity formulations for demand and supply (they are called

Re: Laffer Curve

2005-04-19 Thread William Dickens
Without understanding the parts I snipped I would like to point out that if *my* tax rate was .94, I would need no more incentive to derive 100% of my income from the underground economy. Or is this just one of those counter-intuitive economic conclusions? Throw me a bone here. ;-) Perfectly