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Tax policy debates-and reforms-depend heavily on estimates of how alternative tax rules would affect behavior. Yet there is considerable controversy about the key empirical links among tax rates, household decisions, and revenue collections. The nine papers in this volume exploit the substantial variation in U.S. tax policy during the last two decades to investigate how taxes affect a range of household behavior, including labor-force participation, saving behavior, choice of health insurance plan, choice of child care arrangements, portfolio choice, and tax evasion. They also present new anal

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- INTERNATIONAL TAX POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS -- The Taxation of Foreign Direct Investment: Operational and Policy Perspectives -- International Taxation and Corporate R&D: Evidence and Implications -- R&D Tax Incentives and Manufacturing-Sector R&D Expenditures -- International Tax Policy, Investment, and Technology -- INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL TAX RULES -- Impact of Tax Incentives on the Location of Investment: A Corporate Perspective -- The Virtual Global Electronic Economy -- Operating Through Joint Ventures Under U.S. International Tax Rules: Global Competition for R&D Investments -- TAX REFORM: PRESCRIPTIONS AND PROSPECTS -- International Tax and Competitiveness Aspects of Fundamental Tax Reform -- U.S. Tax Policy and Multinational Corporations: Incentives, Problems, and Directions for Reform -- Directions for International Tax Reform -- Tax Reform: Prescriptions and Prospects -- Glossary -- Index.