tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28425009382366280272011-04-21T19:44:11.070-07:00gastax08http://www.blogger.com/profile/00684338655524039960noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842500938236628027.post-63806340871995876592008-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:002008-06-12T18:20:50.725-07:00<strong>321 SIGNERS AND COUNTING</strong><br />ANY ECONOMIST INTERESTED IN ADDING THEIR NAME TO THIS STATEMENT PLEASE EMAIL <a href="mailto:gastax08@gmail.com">gastax08@gmail.com</a> WITH NAME AND AFFILIATION<br /><br /><br /><br />An Open Statement Opposing Proposals for a Gas Tax Holiday<br /><br /><strong>In recent weeks, there have been proposals in Congress and by some presidential candidates to suspend the gas tax for the summer. As economists who study issues of energy policy, taxation, public finance, and budgeting, we write to indicate our opposition to this policy. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Put simply, suspending the federal tax on gasoline this summer is a bad idea and we oppose it. </strong><br /><br /><strong>There are several reasons for this opposition:</strong><br /><br /><strong>First, research shows that waiving the gas tax would generate major profits for oil companies rather than significantly lowering prices for consumers. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Second, it would encourage people to keep buying costly imported oil and do nothing to encourage conservation. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Third, a tax holiday would provide very little relief to families feeling squeezed. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Fourth, the gas tax suspension would threaten to increase the already record deficit in the coming year and reduce the amount of money going into the highway trust fund that maintains our infrastructure.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Signers of this letter are Democrats, Republicans and Independents. This is not a partisan issue. It is a matter of good public policy.<br /></strong><br />Sincerely,<br />Henry Aaron<br />Senior Fellow<br />The Brookings Institution<br /><br />Gilbert E. Metcalf<br />Professor of Economics<br />Tufts University<br /><br />Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University (Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001)<br /><br />James Heckman, University of Chicago (Nobel Prize in Economics, 2000)<br /><br />Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University (Nobel Prize in Economics, 2002)<br /><br />Roger Myerson, University of Chicago (Nobel Prize in Economics, 2007)<br /><br />Eric Maskin, Institute for Advanced Study (Nobel Prize in Economics, 2007)<br /><br />William Sharpe, Stanford University (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1990, President American Finance Association, 1980)<br /><br />Angus Deaton, Princeton University (President-elect, American Economic Association)<br /><br />Charles Schultze, Brookings Institution (President of the American Economic Association, 1984, Chairman Council of Economic Advisers 1977-1981)<br /><br />Alice Rivlin, Brookings Institution (President of the American Economic Association, 1986, Director of O.M.B. 1994-1996)<br /><br />Peter Diamond, M.I.T. (President of the American Economics Association, 2003)<br /><br />Jeffrey Frankel, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (member of Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-1999)<br /><br />Richard Schmalensee, M.I.T. Sloan School of Management (member of Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-1991)<br /><br />Michael Jensen, Harvard Business School (President of the American Finance Association, 1992)<br /><br />Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute (Counsellor to the Secretary of Commerce, Reagan Administration)<br /><br />Robert Shapiro, Sonecon, LLC (chief economic advisor to 1992 Clinton Campaign)<br /><br />Sheldon Cohen (Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, 1965-1969)<br /><br /><br />Michael Greenstone, M.I.T.<br />John Shoven, Stanford University<br />Wallace Oates, University of Maryland<br />Barry Bosworth, The Brookings Institution<br />Bob Bixby, Concord Coalition<br />Alan Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley<br />Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College<br />Diane Lim Rogers, Concord Coalition<br />Martin Weitzman, Harvard University<br />Lawrence Goulder, Stanford University<br />Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago, GSB<br />Gerhard Glomm, Chairman, Economics Dept. 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