Dealing with fiscal language, fiscal federalism, corporate finance, and the choice between income and consumption taxation, this volume is a gem.
   --Rosanne Altshuler, Rutgers University

An easily accessible, first-rate introduction to the big issues in tax policy.
   --Joseph Bankman, Stanford Law School

author photos: Alan J. Auerbach (top) by Jim Block, and Daniel N. Shaviro (below)

Alan J. Auerbach is Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law, University of California, Berkeley.

Daniel N. Shaviro is Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, New York University School of Law.