# Professor Lawrence White weighs in on the relevance of Donald Trump's tax returns

1 Faculty News September 7, 2016 ![PolitiFact logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030740.jpg?itok=AksI8GU5)>

Excerpt from [PolitiFact](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-his-financial-disclosures-more-m/) -- "'It is true that Trump's businesses have received a lot of attention, but without the release of Trump's tax returns, we don't know a lot about his personal financial situation,' said [Lawrence White](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white), an economist at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

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