# Professor Alexander Ljungqvist's joint research on corporate taxation is referenced

1 Faculty News September 15, 2017 ![Associated Press logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031530.jpg?itok=uSjLQY9n)>

Excerpt from the [Associated Press](http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20170915/some-raise-doubts-on-whether-corporate-tax-cut-would-boost-growth) -- "In a 2014 paper, two economists — [Alexander Ljungqvist](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/alexander-ljungqvist) of New York University and Michael Smolyansky of the Federal Reserve — concluded that state corporate tax cuts did little to strengthen economic activity unless the cuts were made during a recession."

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