# Prof. Alexander Ljungqvist's research on corporate tax breaks is featured

1 Faculty News December 22, 2014 ![Huffington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huffpost192x144.jpg?itok=sF2Y0c9v)>

Excerpt from [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/22/corporate-tax-breaks_n_6367844.html) -- "According to a working paper by [Alexander Ljungqvist](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/alexander-ljungqvist) and Michael Smolyansky, economists at New York University, corporate tax breaks at the state level don’t help create jobs. There’s one exception: Tax cuts do help create jobs and boost incomes when they are implemented during recessions, the paper says."

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