Kevin Hassett
Resident Scholar and Director of Economic Policy Studies
American Enterprise Institute
Background
Kevin Hassett directs economic policy studies at AEI. His research interests include tax policy, the U.S. economy, the stock market, and investments. He is also a weekly columnist for Bloomberg. Before joining AEI, Hassett was a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and an associate professor of economics and finance at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University. He was an economic adviser to the George W. Bush campaign in the 2004 presidential election and the chief economic adviser to Senator McCain during the 2000 presidential primaries. He has also served as a policy consultant to the Treasury Department during the former Bush and Clinton administrations.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"Top Ten Myths of Social Security Reform" (with Jeffrey Brown and Kent Smetters), Working Paper, WP #2005-11, October 2005.
Selected Publications
Hassett, Kevin. 2005. "How Do Tax Policies Affect Low Income Workers?" NPC Working Paper #05-16. Ann Arbor, MI: National Poverty Center.
Hassett, Kevin and Alan J. Auerbach. 2005. "The 2003 Dividend Tax Cuts and the Value of the Firm" Working Paper presented at the OTPR/Burch Center conference. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Hassett, Kevin and Eric M. Engen. 2004. "An Analysis of the Ten-Year Costs of Senator Kerry's Spending Proposals." Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute.