175 Research Items Found
December 09, 2015
In this working paper, fellow John Diamond and Rice faculty scholar George Zodrow describe the Diamond-Zodrow model, which simulates the …
July 28, 2015
How do dynamic analysis and dynamic scoring affect fiscal policymaking? Fellow John Diamond presents his views at a U.S. Joint …
July 23, 2015
While the recent fiscal troubles in Greece have received much attention, the U.S. fiscal position is hardly comparable to that …
March 13, 2015
The case for tax and spending reform is strong. The current tax system is complex, costly to administer, a compliance …
February 24, 2015
On Feb. 24, 2015, public finance fellow John Diamond testified on tax reform before U.S. Senate Finance Committee.
John W. Diamond, Ph.D., is the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, an adjunct professor of economics at Rice University and CEO of Tax …
Jorge Barro, Ph.D. is a fellow in public finance at the Baker Institute. His area of research involves the development of dynamic macroeconomic models for fiscal policy evaluation. Prior to joining the Baker Institute, Barro was an economist at the …
