Veterinary Drug Approval Process

2005-04-18 Thread dlurker
Does anyone have data on costs related to the FDA approval process for veterinary drugs? I am interested to see how these would compare to commonly cited information on the burdens associated with the human drug approval process (time required to obtain approval, supporting documentation

Unemployment rates and trade deficits

2005-04-18 Thread William Dickens
Hi Cyril, Actually I wrote a review article on this literature over a decade ago. You can find it in my book with Laura Tyson and John Zysman _The Dynamics of Trade and Employment_ Ballinger 1988. I'm sure there are better and more recent reviews, but I haven't kept up with the literature.

Laffer Curve

2005-04-18 Thread James Wells
I've been reading about Laffer's idea that there is a tendency for revenues to increase with increased taxation up to a point where revenue is maximized. As one of the class notes on Caplan's site indicates, you can derive revenue as a function of the tax rate and assuming that the slopes of the

Re: Laffer Curve

2005-04-18 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 4/18/05 3:21:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been reading about Laffer's idea that there is a tendency for revenues to increase with increased taxation up to a point where revenue is maximized.  As one of the class notes on Caplan's site indicates, you can derive

Re: Laffer Curve

2005-04-18 Thread Xianhang Zhang
James Wells wrote: I've been reading about Laffer's idea that there is a tendency for revenues to increase with increased taxation up to a point where revenue is maximized. As one of the class notes on Caplan's site indicates, you can derive revenue as a function of the tax rate and assuming that

Re: Laffer Curve

2005-04-18 Thread Jeffrey Rous
I think the debate is over the tax rate where revenue is maximized. If it is near 25%, you can argue cutting taxes will raise revenue, if it is nearer to 60%, cutting taxes will cause revenue to fall. I am sure there has been research on this, but I do not know the consensus (last I heard, the