The new US income tax deduction for “foreign-derived intangible income” effectively lowers the corporate tax rate — from 21% to around 13% — on export-generated income attributable to intangible assets. This paper considers the new provision both in relation to international trade and...

This document contains four appendices to Sanchirico, Chris William, Progressivity and Potential Income: Measuring the Effect of Changing Work Patterns on Income Tax Progressivity. Columbia Law Review, Vol. 108, Pg. 1551, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=961310 These are: 1. The...

The income tax taxes the proceeds from market work, but not the proceeds from time otherwise allocated - whether enjoyed as self-provided goods and services or leisure time per se. A two-earner couple that out-sources household and child care services, for instance, pays for these services with...

Most formal law and economic analysis evaluates legal rules solely on the basis of "efficiency." The prevailing justification for this focus is that -- as a matter of economic theory -- "equity" goals are best accomplished through the income tax, rather than the legal system. In opposition to...