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Michael J. Boskin is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within economics, econometrics, and finance. The main subjects of their work relate to fiscal policy, economic growth, and political economy, alongside monetary policy and economic impact, as well as financial literacy, pension, and retirement analysis.

Research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Their research spans several specific fields of study, featuring:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Accounting

Michael J. Boskin has published several papers, including:

  • "Are Large Deficits and Debt Dangerous?" (2020) in AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • "Are Large Deficits and Debt Dangerous?" (2020) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution: An Econometric Analysis" (2024) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Productivity and growth: facing the fiscal reality" (2024) in The "business & management collection."
  • "A Note on Factors Influencing Trust in Government" (2025) in SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent co-authors include Kareem Elnahal and anon Zhang.

The main venues of publication for Michael J. Boskin are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • The "business & management collection."

Best Publications

  • Consumer Prices, the Consumer Price Index, and the Cost of Living

    Michael J. Boskin;Ellen L. Dulberger;Robert J. Gordon;Zvi Griliches

  • Taxation, Saving and the Rate of Interest

    Michael J. Boskin

  • Optimal Redistributive Taxation When Individual Welfare Depends upon Relative Income

    Michael J. Boskin;Eytan Sheshinski

  • SOCIAL SECURITY: A FINANCIAL APPRAISAL ACROSS AND WITHIN GENERATIONS****

    Michael J Boskin;Laurence J Kotlikoff;Douglas J Puffert;John B Shoven

  • A Conditional Logit Model of Occupational Choice

    Michael J. Boskin

  • Social Security and Retirement Decisions

    Michael J. Boskin

  • New Results on the Effects of Tax Policy on the International Location of Investment

    Michael J. Boskin;William G. Gale

  • Optimal Tax Treatment of the Family: Married Couples

    Michael J. Boskin;Eytan Sheshinski

  • The Effect of Social Security on Retirement in the Early 1970s

    Michael D. Hurd;Michael J. Boskin

  • THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL SECURITY ON EARLY RETIREMENT

    Michael J. Boskin;Michael D. Hurd

  • Notes on the Tax Treatment of Human Capital

    Michael J. Boskin

  • The CPI Commission: Findings and Recommendations

    Dale Jorgenson;M. Boskin;E. R. Dulberger;R. J. Gordon

  • Generalized Solow-Neutral Technical Progress and Postwar Economic Growth

    Michael J. Boskin;Lawrence J. Lau

  • Final Report of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index

    Dale Jorgenson;M. Boskin;E. R. Dulberger;R. J. Gordon

  • Post-War Economic Growth in the Group-of-Five Countries: A New Analysis

    Michael J. Boskin;Lawrence J. Lau

  • A MARKOV MODEL OF TURNOVER IN AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN

    Michael J. Boskin;Frederick C. Nold

  • Estate taxation and charitable bequests

    Michael J. Boskin;Michael J. Boskin

  • Effects of the Charitable Deduction on Contributions by Low Income and Middle Income Households: Evidence from the National Survey of Philanthropy

    Michael J Boskin;Martin S Feldstein

  • Efficiency aspects of the differential tax treatment of market and household economic activity

    Michael J. Boskin

  • FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEFICITS: SOME MYTHS AND REALITIES

    M Boskin

  • Economics and human welfare : essays in honor of Tibor Scitovsky

    Tibor Scitovsky;Michael J. Boskin

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence J. Lau
Lawrence J. Lau Chinese University of Hong Kong
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff Boston University
Michael D. Hurd
Michael D. Hurd RAND Corporation
Eytan Sheshinski
Eytan Sheshinski Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University
Robert N. Stavins
Robert N. Stavins Harvard University
Dale W. Jorgenson
Dale W. Jorgenson Harvard University
Wallace E. Oates
Wallace E. Oates University of Maryland, College Park
Maureen L. Cropper
Maureen L. Cropper University of Maryland, College Park
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Richard J. Zeckhauser Harvard University

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