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Kent Smetters

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36

Publications

2.4K

Citations

22

H-Index

1997

Active since

Affiliations

University of Pennsylvania(Current)

National Bureau of Economic Research

Public Policy Institute of California

Congressional Budget Office

Cato Institute

Kent Smetters is an author at University of Pennsylvania specializing in business, economics, and finance.

Top concepts

BusinessEconomicsPublic PolicyFinanceEconomic PolicyEconomic AnalysisSocial InsuranceSocial PolicyInsurancePublic Finance

Publications per year

1997–2021

36

Publications

36

Simulating Fundamental Tax Reform in the United States

David Altig, Alan J. Auerbach, Laurence J. Kotlikoff et al. · American Economic Review · 2001 · 473 citations

Optimal Taxation, Fiscal Issue, Law +18

Does Social Security Privatization Produce Efficiency Gains?

Shinichi Nishiyama, Kent Smetters · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2007 · 227 citations

Privatizing Social Security in the United States—Comparing the Options

Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Kent Smetters, Jan Walliser · Review of Economic Dynamics · 1999 · 148 citations · Full text

Public Policy, Economics, Social Security +14

Consumption Taxes and Economic Efficiency with Idiosyncratic Wage Shocks

Shinichi Nishiyama, Kent Smetters · Journal of Political Economy · 2005 · 145 citations

Optimal Taxation, Law, Income Distribution +20

Health Shocks and the Demand for Annuities

Sven H. Sinclair, Kent Smetters · 2004 · 116 citations

Income Security, Financial Protection, Health Care Finance +20

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