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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Cutler: Results<br />

Cutler finds ˆb = −0.029(0.013)<br />

This is consistent with expectations, but other findings are not:<br />

Changes in future tax liabilities not correlated with stock value changes<br />

Responses to two distinct events (passage of bill in House and Senate)<br />

not correlated<br />

Were the votes really surprises? Need data on expectations<br />

Study is somewhat inconclusive because of noisy data<br />

But led to a subsequent better-identified literature<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 113 / 142

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