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1.

The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax)

Forthcoming, 95 Indiana Law Journal, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS18-25, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 18-26

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 31 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2019

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Toward an Agenda for Behavioral Public Finance

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Sep 2004

Edward J. McCaffery and Joel B. Slemrod

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Thinking About Tax

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Jul 2004

Edward J. McCaffery and Jonathan Baron

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology

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Behavioral Public Finance (PDF of Powerpoint Slide Presentation)

USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 08-17, USC CLEO Research Paper No. C08-13

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Jul 2008

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Heuristics and Biases in Thinking About Tax

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Nov 2003

Edward J. McCaffery and Jonathan Baron

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology

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6.

Taxing Wealth Seriously

USC CLASS Research Paper No. 16-9, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-10

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 29 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2016

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Framing and Taxation: Evaluation of Tax Policies Involving Household Composition

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Jun 2003

Edward J. McCaffery and Jonathan Baron

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology

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8.

A New Understanding of Tax

Number of pages: 133 Posted: 19 Apr 2005

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Political Psychology of Redistribution

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 30 Mar 2005

Edward J. McCaffery and Jonathan Baron

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology

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Behavioral Economics and the Law: Tax

Doron Teichman and Eyal Zamir, eds., Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Law & Economics, Forthcoming, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS13-1

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Sep 2013

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Where's the Sex in Fiscal Sociology? Taxation and Gender in Comparative Perspective

USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 07-12, USC CLEO Research Paper No. C07-12

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2013

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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12.

The Fair Timing of Tax

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The Fair Timing of Tax

Number of pages: 153 Posted: 08 Sep 2003

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Fair Timing of Tax

Number of pages: 159 Posted: 04 Jul 2004

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Starving the Beast: The Psychology of Budget Deficits

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper 04-21; USC Law and Economics Research Paper No. 04-24; and USC CLEO Research Paper No. C04-21

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Sep 2004

Jonathan Baron and Edward J. McCaffery

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Behavioral Economics and Fundamental Tax Reform

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C06-4, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 06-8

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Apr 2006

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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15.

Must We Have the Right to Waste?

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 23 Oct 2000

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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16.

Shakedown at Gucci Gulch: A Tale of Death, Money & Taxes

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 25 Aug 2004

Edward J. McCaffery and Linda R. Cohen

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics

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17.

Through the Looking Glass: The Politics of Estate Tax Reform

ACTEC Journal, 2009, USC CLEO Research Paper No. C09-16, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-31

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 Jul 2009

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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18.

A Voluntary Tax? Revisited

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 May 2001

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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19.

Masking Redistribution (or its Absence)

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Apr 2004

Jonathan Baron and Edward J. McCaffery

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Three Views of Tax

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Three Views of Tax

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Feb 2005

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Three Views of Tax

Posted: 06 May 2005

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Is There a Gender Gap in Fiscal Political Preferences?

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 01 Sep 2000

R. Michael Alvarez and Edward J. McCaffery

California Institute of Technology and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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22.

The Last Best Hope for Progressivity in Tax

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C09-7, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-8

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 15 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2013

Edward J. McCaffery and James R. Hines Jr.

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Michigan

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23.

Expanding Discrimination Research: Moving Beyond Ethnicity and to the Web

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C03-2, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 03-5, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 85, pp. 717-730, September 2004

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Feb 2003

Timur Kuran and Edward J. McCaffery

Duke University - Department of Economics and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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24.

The Paradox of Taxing the Rich

Florida Tax Review, 2023 Forthcoming, USC CLASS Research Paper No. 23-8

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 26 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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25.

A Life Estate Conception of Property

USC Law School, Olin Working Paper No. 99-15

Number of pages: 160 Posted: 15 Sep 1999

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Gender and Tax

USC Law School, Olin Working Paper No. 99-11

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Aug 1999

R. Michael Alvarez and Edward J. McCaffery

California Institute of Technology and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Humpty Dumpty Blues: Disaggregation Bias in the Evaluation Of Tax Systems

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Feb 2002

Edward J. McCaffery and Jonathan Baron

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology

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28.

The Dirty Little Secret of (Estate) Tax Reform

65 Stanford Law Review Online 21 (August 14, 2012), USC Law and Economics Research Papers Series No. C12-11, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 12-17

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 14 Aug 2012

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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29.

Behavioral Dimensions of Tax Reform

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C09-6, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-7

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2013

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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30.

The Meaning of Capital in the Twenty-First Century

USC CLASS Research Paper No. 16-10, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-11

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Mar 2016

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Sex Differences in the Acceptability of Discrimination

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C05-7, USC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-17

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Jul 2005

Timur Kuran and Edward J. McCaffery

Duke University - Department of Economics and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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A Consumed Income Tax: A Fair and Simple Plan for Tax Reform

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C08-12, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 08-16

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 Jul 2008

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Uneasy Case for Capital Taxation

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C05-11, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 05-19

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Sep 2005

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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34.

The Burdens of Benefits

USC Law School, Olin Working Paper No. 99-14

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Aug 1999

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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35.

It's Tax Not Trade (Stupid)

USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS16-20, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-22

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Jul 2016

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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36.

What Sports Can Teach Tax Policymakers: Lessons from the Luxury Tax

USC Law and Economics Research Paper No. C12-6, USC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-10

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 15 May 2012

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Missing Links in Tax Reform

USC Law School, Olin Working Paper No. 99-16

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Aug 1999

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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A Tale of Two Democracies

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Nov 2002

Edward J. McCaffery, Ann N. Crigler and Marion R. Just

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of Southern California - Department of Political Science and International Relations and Wellesley College

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39.

The Property-Tax Bundle of Rights

Michigan State Law Review, Forthcoming, USC CLASS Working Paper Series No. CLASS20-15, USC Legal Studies Working Paper Series No. 20-15

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 05 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Distracted from Distraction by Distraction: Reimagining Estate Tax Reform

USC Law and Economics Research Papers Series No. C13-2, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 13-2, Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 5, 2013

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2013

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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A Better Hope for Campaign Finance Reform

USC CLASS Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 19-21, August 2019, Arizona State Law Journal, Forthcoming, 2020

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Cognitive Theory and Tax

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 7, 1994

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 22 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Conflicting Masters of Tax

USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-41, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-41

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 21 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2021

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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44.

A Progressive's Silver Linings Playbook: Repeal Stepped-Up Basis

Tax Notes, p. 969, February 2013, USC CLEO Research Paper No. C13-3, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 13-3

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Mar 2013

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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45.

Ten Facts About Fundamental Tax Reform

Tax Notes, December 2003, USC Center in Law, Economics and Organization Research Paper No. C08-15, USC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-19

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 31 Jul 2008

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Why People Play Lotteries and Why It Matters

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 1994, No. 1, 1994

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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47.

Good Hybrids/Bad Hybrids

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Jul 2005

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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A Tale of Two Davids: Commentary on David Weisbach's Implementing Income and Consumption Taxes: An Essay in Honor of David Bradford

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C06-8, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 06-13

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Jul 2006

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Taxation and the Family: A Fresh Look at Behavioral Gender Biases in the Code

UCLA Law Review, 1993

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 22 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Holy Grail of Tax Simplification

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 1990, No. 5, 1990

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 04 Dec 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Curiouser and Curiouser Case of Carried Interest

Arizona Law Review, Forthcoming, USC CLASS Research Paper No. 23-18

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2023

Edward J. McCaffery and Darryll Keith Jones

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Florida A&M University College of Law

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Comments on Liebman and Zeckhauser, Simple Humans, Complex Insurance, Subtle Subsidies

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C08-14, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 08-18

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Jul 2008

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Tax's Empire

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 85, No. 1, 1996

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 22 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Tax Policy under a Hybrid Income-Consumption Tax

Texas Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 5, 1992

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 20 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Enough Insanity? A Call for a (More) Critical Tax Theory

Pittsburgh Tax Review, Forthcoming, USC CLASS Research Paper No. 23-7

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2023

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Ronald Dworkin, Inside-Out

California Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, 1997

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Uneasy Case for Wealth Transfer Taxation

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 104, No. 2, 1994

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 22 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Slouching Towards Equality: Gender Discrimination, Market Efficiency, and Social Change

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 103, No. 3, 1993

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 20 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Last Words: Towards a Feminization of Wealth

Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1997

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Tyranny of Money

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 6, 2000

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Equality, of the Right Sort

6 UCLA Women's L.J. 289 (1996).

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Oct 2020

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Should We End Life Support for Death Taxes?

Posted: 08 Sep 2000

Edward J. McCaffery, Charles Davenport and James S. Halpern

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Rutgers University School of Law and Government of the United States of America - Tax Court

Edward J. McCaffery

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science

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