Briefs

2010

How Does Obesity in Adults Affect Spending on Health Care?
September 8, 2010pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Historical Data on the Federal Debt
August 5, 2010pdfadditional info

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Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
July 27, 2010pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

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Social Security Disability Insurance: Participation Trends and Their Fiscal Implications
July 22, 2010pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

How Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Affect Employment
May 5, 2010pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Losing a Job During a Recession
April 22, 2010pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Using a Different Measure of Inflation for Indexing Federal Programs and the Tax Code
February 24, 2010pdfadditional infoblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax
January 15, 2010pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

 

2009

Federal Estate and Gift Taxes
December 18, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Promotional Spending for Prescription Drugs
December 2, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

The Costs of Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
November 23, 2009pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

An Overview of Federal Support for Housing
November 3, 2009htmlpdfadditional infoblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Pharmaceutical R&D; and the Evolving Market for Drugs
October 26, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

How Regulatory Standards Can Affect a Cap-and-Trade Program for Greenhouse Gases
September 16, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

The Use of Offsets to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
August 3, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Intergovernmental Mandates in Federal Legislation
July 14, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Effects of Changes to the Health Insurance System on Labor Markets
July 13, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Did the 2008 Tax Rebates Stimulate Short-Term Growth?
June 10, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

The Budgetary Treatment of Proposals to Change the Nation's Health Insurance System
May 27, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

The Role of the 25 Percent Revenue Offset in Estimating the Budgetary Effects of Legislation
January 13, 2009pdf
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

 

2008

Factors Underlying the Decline in Manufacturing Employment Since 2000
December 23, 2008htmlpdfadditional infoblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Climate-Change Policy and CO2 Emissions from Passenger Vehicles
October 6, 2008htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Increasing Transparency in the Pricing of Health Care Services and Pharmaceuticals
June 5, 2008htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Accounting for Sources of Projected Growth in Federal Spending on Medicare and Medicaid
May 29, 2008htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy
April 17, 2008htmlpdfblog post

 

2007

Assessing Pay and Benefits for Military Personnel
August 15, 2007htmlpdf

Medicare Advantage: Private Health Plans in Medicare
June 28, 2007htmlpdf

Explaining the Consumer Price Index
June 20, 2007htmlpdf

Will the U.S. Current Account Have a Hard or Soft Landing?
June 11, 2007htmlpdf

Trade-Offs in Allocating Allowances for CO2 Emissions
April 25, 2007htmlpdf

 

2006

Is Social Security Progressive?
December 15, 2006pdf

Agricultural Trade Liberalization
November 20, 2006pdf

The Sustainable Growth Rate Formula for Setting Medicare's Physician Payment Rates
September 7, 2006pdf

 

2005

Analyzing the Economic and Budgetary Effects of a 10 Percent Cut in Income Tax Rates
December 1, 2005pdf

Why Does U.S. Investment Abroad Earn Higher Returns Than Foreign Investment in the United States?
November 30, 2005pdf

Long-Term Economic Effects of Chronically Large Federal Deficits
October 13, 2005pdf

Federal Funding for Homeland Security: An Update
July 20, 2005pdf

Recent Shifts in Financing the U.S. Current-Account Deficit
July 12, 2005pdf

What Is a Current-Law Economic Baseline?
June 2, 2005htmlpdf

Third-Party Financing of Federal Projects
June 1, 2005htmlpdf

Changes in Participation in Means-Tested Programs
April 20, 2005htmlpdf

Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Prices Versus Caps
March 15, 2005htmlpdf

Identifying Intergovernmental Mandates
January 6, 2005htmlpdf

 

2004

How Pension Financing Affects Returns to Different Generations
September 22, 2004htmlpdf

The Decline in the U.S. Current-Account Balance Since 1991
August 6, 2004htmlpdf

Retirement Age and the Need for Saving
May 12, 2004htmlpdf

Federal Funding for Homeland Security
April 30, 2004htmlpdf

Would Prescription Drug Importation Reduce U.S. Drug Spending?
April 29, 2004htmlpdf

The Alternative Minimum Tax
April 15, 2004htmlpdf

The Retirement Prospects of the Baby Boomers
March 18, 2004htmlpdf

Fuel Economy Standards Versus a Gasoline Tax
March 9, 2004htmlpdf

Is the United States Falling Behind in Adopting Broadband?
February 19, 2004htmlpdf

What Accounts for the Decline in Manufacturing Employment?
February 18, 2004htmlpdf

Military Compensation: Balancing Cash and Noncash Benefits
January 16, 2004htmlpdf

Limiting Tort Liability for Medical Malpractice
January 8, 2004htmlpdf

 

2003

Measuring Changes to Social Security Benefits
December 1, 2003htmlpdf

Issues in the Design of a Cap-and-Trade Program for Carbon Emissions
November 25, 2003htmlpdf

Comparing Budgetary and Trust Fund Measures of the Outlook for Social Security and Medicare
October 10, 2003htmlpdf

Growth in Medical Spending by the Department of Defense
September 9, 2003htmlpdf

The Pros and Cons of Pursuing Free-Trade Agreements
July 31, 2003htmlpdf

The Future Growth of Social Security: It's Not Just Society's Aging
July 1, 2003htmlpdf

Acquiring Financial Assets to Fund Future Entitlements
June 16, 2003htmlpdf

How Many People Lack Health Insurance and For How Long?
May 12, 2003htmlpdf
Brief based on the CBO paper of the same title

Addressing the Uncertain Prospect of Climate Change
April 25, 2003htmlpdf

Transforming the Navy's Surface Combatant Force
April 7, 2003htmlpdf

Social Security Reform: The Use of Private Securities and the Need for Economic Growth
January 3, 2003htmlpdf

 

2002

Revenue Projections and the Stock Market
December 20, 2002htmlpdf

The Impact of Social Security and Medicare on the Federal Budget
November 14, 2002htmlpdf

The Impact of Trust Fund Programs on Federal Budget Surpluses and Deficits
November 4, 2002htmlpdf

Federal Debt and the Commitments of Federal Trust Funds
October 25, 2002htmlpdf

Capital Gains Taxes and Federal Revenues
October 9, 2002htmlpdf

Where Did the Revenues Go?
August 13, 2002htmlpdf

Social Security and the Federal Budget: The Necessity of Maintaining a Comprehensive Long-Range Perspective
August 1, 2002htmlpdf

The Looming Budgetary Impact of Society's Aging
July 3, 2002htmlpdf

A 125-Year Picture of the Federal Government's Share of the Economy, 1950 to 2075
June 14, 2002htmlpdf