# Professor Alexander Ljungqvist's joint research on the impact of corporate tax cuts is featured

1 Faculty News November 13, 2017 ![NPR logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030855.jpg?itok=Ti1_93MD)>

Excerpt from [NPR](https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/563420070/is-a-corporate-tax-cut-really-what-the-economy-needs-right-now) -- "The study looked at what happens when one of those states changes its corporate tax rate, and how it affects different parts of the region. Their conclusion: Tax increases can hurt a region's economy, but no evidence exists that tax cuts spur growth."

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