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Kevin A. Hassett is affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute in the United States. Their research focuses on topics related to economics, econometrics, and finance, with specific attention to corporate taxation, fiscal policy, and economic growth.

The recent papers authored or coauthored by Hassett include:

  • On the Observational Implications of Knightian Uncertainty, 2020, The B E Journal of Theoretical Economics
  • Firm Investment and the User Cost of Capital: New U.S. Corporate Tax Reform Evidence, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • An Analysis of Vice President Biden's Economic Agenda: The Long Run Impacts of its Regulation, Taxes, and Spending, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Hassett collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jonathan Hartley
  • Joshua Rauh
  • Weifeng Zhong
  • Timothy Fitzgerald
  • Cody Kallen

The main fields of study for Hassett encompass economics, econometrics, and finance. More specifically, their subfields of interest include economics and econometrics, accounting, finance, and safety research.

Key topics addressed in Hassett's work are:

  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

In terms of publication venues, Hassett has contributed most extensively to the SSRN Electronic Journal and The B E Journal of Theoretical Economics.

Best Publications

  • Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities are Useful: A Comment on Kaplan and Zingales

    Steven M. Fazzari;R. Glenn Hubbard;Bruce C. Petersen

  • A Reconsideration of Investment Behavior Using Tax Reforms as Natural Experiments

    Jason G Cummins;Kevin A Hassett;R. Glenn Hubbard

  • Investment Behavior, Observable Expectations, and Internal Funds

    Jason G. Cummins;Kevin A. Hassett;Stephen D. Oliner

  • Tax Reforms and Investment: A Cross-Country Comparison

    Jason G. Cummins;Kevin A. Hassett;R.Glenn Hubbard;R.Glenn Hubbard

  • Investment with Uncertain Tax Policy: Does Random Tax Policy Discourage Investment

    Kevin A. Hassett;Gilbert E. Metcalf

  • Energy conservation investment Do consumers discount the future correctly

    Kevin A. Hassett;Gilbert E. Metcalf

  • Reassessing the Social Returns to Equipment Investment

    Alan J. Auerbach;Kevin A. Hassett;Stephen D. Oliner

  • MEASURING THE ENERGY SAVINGS FROM HOME IMPROVEMENT INVESTMENTS: EVIDENCE FROM MONTHLY BILLING DATA

    Gilbert E. Metcalf;Kevin A. Hassett

  • Tax Policy and Business Investment

    Kevin A. Hassett;R. Glenn Hubbard

  • Energy tax credits and residential conservation investment: Evidence from panel data

    Kevin A. Hassett;Gilbert E. Metcalf

  • Investment Under Alternative Return Assumptions: Comparing Random Walks and Mean Reversion

    Gilbert E. Metcalf;Kevin A. Hassett

  • On the marginal source of investment funds

    Alan J. Auerbach;Kevin A. Hassett

  • Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting From the Coming Rise in the Stock Market

    James K. Glassman;Kevin A. Hassett

  • The Incidence of a U.S. Carbon Tax: A Lifetime and Regional Analysis

    Kevin A. Hassett;Aparna Mathur;Gilbert E. Metcalf

  • Tax policy and business fixed investment in the United States

    Alan J. Auerbach;Kevin Hassett

  • The 2003 Dividend Tax Cuts and the Value of the Firm: An Event Study

    Alan J. Auerbach;Kevin A. Hassett

  • A NEW MEASURE OF HORIZONTAL EQUITY

    Alan J. Auerbach;Kevin A. Hassett

  • Reassessing the social returns to equipment investment

    Alan J. Auerbach;Kevin A. Hassett;Stephen D. Oliner

  • Taxation and Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: A Reconsideration of the Evidence

    Alan J. Auerbach;Kevin Hassett;Joel Slemrod

  • Taxes and Wages

    Kevin A. Hassett;Aparna Mathur

  • Revenue-Maximizing Corporate Income Taxes: The Laffer Curve in OECD Countries

    Alex Brill;Kevin A. Hassett

  • Tax Policy and Investment

    Kevin A. Hassett;R. Glenn Hubbard;R. Glenn Hubbard

  • Is newspaper coverage of economic events politically biased

    John R. Lott;Kevin A. Hassett

  • The Incidence of a U.S. Carbon Tax: A Lifetime and Regional Analysis

    Kevin A. Hassett;Aparna Mathur;Gilbert E. Metcalf;Gilbert E. Metcalf

  • Measuring the Energy Savings from Home Improvements Investments: Evidence from Monthly Billing Data

    Kevin A. Hassett;Gilbert E. Metcalf

  • Tax Reforms and Investment: A Cross-Country Comparison

    Jason Cummins;Kevin Hassett;Robert Hubbard

  • The Incidence of a U.S. Carbon Tax

    Kevin A. Hassett;Aparna Mathur;Gilbert E. Metcalf

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan J. Auerbach
Alan J. Auerbach University of California, Berkeley
Gilbert E. Metcalf
Gilbert E. Metcalf Tufts University
R. Glenn Hubbard
R. Glenn Hubbard Columbia University
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff Boston University
Casey B. Mulligan
Casey B. Mulligan University of Chicago
Robert W. Hahn
Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford
Jeffrey R. Brown
Jeffrey R. Brown University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joel Slemrod
Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Charles W. Calomiris
Charles W. Calomiris Columbia University

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