TaxProf Blog Updated : 2010-03-11T20:00:00Z Weisbach Presents Trade and Carbon Taxes Today at NYU David A. Weisbach (Chicago) presents Trade and Carbon Taxes at NYU today as part of its Colloquium Series on Tax Policy and Public Finance. The co-convenors of the colloquium are Daniel Shaviro (NYU) & Mihir Desai (Harvard Business School). Here is the abstract: We examine the impact of carbon leakage... Author : Paul Caron Publ.Date : 2010-03-11T20:00:00Z Commentary on Rep. Ryan's Roadmap for America's Future Act Commentary on H.R. 4529, Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010: The Atlantic, Paul Ryan's Plan is a Trojan Horse for Conservatism Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, The Ryan Budget's Radical Priorities Provides Largest Tax Cuts in History for Wealthy, Raises Middle Class Taxes, Ends Guaranteed Medicare, Privatizes Social... Author : Paul Caron Publ.Date : 2010-03-11T17:50:00Z Tax Foundation: 52 Million (36%) of Tax Returns Pay Zero Income Tax The Tax Foundation has published Record Numbers of People Paying No Income Tax; Over 50 Million "Nonpayers" Include Families Making over $50,000: A record number of the 142 million tax returns filed in 2008 resulted in no tax payment, according to a Tax Foundation analysis of IRS data. That means... Author : Paul Caron Publ.Date : 2010-03-11T12:09:00Z Fleischer: Regulatory Arbitrage Victor Fleischer (Colorado) has posted Regulatory Arbitrage on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Most of us share a vague intuition that the rich, sophisticated, well-advised, and politically connected somehow game the system to avoid regulatory burdens the rest of us comply with. The intuition is correct; this Article explains how... Author : Paul Caron Publ.Date : 2010-03-11T11:00:00Z VanderWolk Posts Tax Papers on SSRN Jefferson P. VanderWolk (Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong) has posted several of his tax papers on SSRN: Recent Hong Kong Tax Cases: Cause for Alarm, 57 Tax Notes Int'l 37 (Feb. 1, 2010) Green Tax Measures for Hong Kong: A Policy Proposal, in Green Taxation in East... Author : Paul Caron Publ.Date : 2010-03-11T07:54:00Z