Joseph A. Pechman

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Joseph A. Pechman
Born ( 1918-04-02 ) April 2, 1918
Died August 19, 1989 (1989-08-19) (aged 71)
Nationality American
Academic career
Field Public finance
Taxation
Alma mater University of Wisconsin?Madison
City College of New York
Doctoral
advisor
Harold Groves

Joseph Aaron Pechman (April 2, 1918 ? August 19, 1989) was a highly influential economist and taxation scholar in the United States. [1] He graduated from the City College of New York and the University of Wisconsin?Madison . He served as president of the American Economic Association and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He was also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution . [2]

Core Ideas [ edit ]

Pechman advocated income taxation , progressive tax rates, and tax reform . [3] He was a major figure in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 .

Scholarship [ edit ]

A prolific author, Pechman published influential books such as "Gender in the Workplace" [4] and "How Taxes Affect Economic Behavior". [5]

  • Joseph A. Pechman (29 June 2001). Federal Tax Policy . Brookings Institution Press. ISBN   9780815769613 .


Personal life [ edit ]

Pechman was born in Borowie , Poland , in 1918. [6] Pechman was married and had two daughters, Ellen Pechman and Jane Pechman Stern.

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