For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising. (Austan Goolsbee)

For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising.

Austan Goolsbee

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