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William G. Gale

Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy and Senior Fellow, Brookings …
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Intergenerational transfers and the accumulation of wealth

WG Gale, JK Scholz - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994 - aeaweb.org
This paper uses household data to provide direct estimates of intergenerational transfers as
a source of wealth. The authors distinguish between intended transfers (for example, gifts to …

Self-control and saving for retirement

…, A Repetto, J Tobacman, RE Hall, WG Gale… - Brookings papers on …, 1998 - JSTOR
… Our simulation framework follows most closely the work of Engen, Gale, and Scholz; we
highlight the assumptions that distinguish our analysis from theirs. We divide the presentation of …

The illusory effects of saving incentives on saving

EM Engen, WG Gale, JK Scholz - Journal of economic perspectives, 1996 - aeaweb.org
… This occurs, however, partly because Gale and Scholz did … Gale and Scholz use a sample
of households whose saving was less than $100,000 in absolute value over the period. Gale

The effects of pensions on household wealth: A reevaluation of theory and evidence

WG Gale - Journal of Political economy, 1998 - journals.uchicago.edu
… studies of pensions, none of which controls for these additional factors, or the two examined
in this paper (see the analysis in Gale [1995] and Engen, Gale, and Scholz [1996a, 1996b]). …

What do cross-country studies teach about government involvement, prosperity, and economic growth?

J Slemrod, WG Gale, W Easterly - Brookings papers on economic activity, 1995 - JSTOR
Gale: How government policies affect economic welfare is one of the oldest, most studied,
and most controversial topics in economics. Joel Slemrod has written a comprehensive and …

IRAs and household saving

WG Gale, JK Scholz - The American Economic Review, 1994 - JSTOR
This paper examines the effects of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) on private and
national saving. We construct a formal model of dynamic utility maximization that generates …

The wealth dynamics of American families, 1984-94

E Hurst, MC Luoh, FP Stafford, WG Gale - Brookings papers on Economic …, 1998 - JSTOR
DURING THE 1990s, the United States has experienced substantial economic growth in
both family income and wealth. The rise in wealth has occurred despite the well-documented …

Effects of income tax changes on economic growth

WG Gale, AA Samwick - The economics of tax policy, 2017 - books.google.com
… 66% and federal revenues averaged about 18% of GDP (Gale and Potter 2002). In addition,
estate and corporate … Empirical evidence rejects this view (see Gale and Orszag 2004b). 14 …

Budget deficits, national saving, and interest rates

WG Gale, PR Orszag - Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2004 - muse.jhu.edu
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF the aggregate effects of fiscal policy dates back at least to the
work of David Ricardo. Modern academic interest was reinvigorated by the work of Robert …

[BOOK][B] The economic effects of long-term fiscal discipline

WG Gale, PR Orszag - 2003 - brookings.edu
Gale is the Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy at the … The
tax cut exacerbates the cost of addressing the looming AMT problem, as discussed in Gale and …