Sanchirico, Chris W

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Samuel A. Blank Professor of Law, Business, and Public Policy
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Chris Sanchirico is Professor of Law, Business, and Public Policy. His primary appointment is at Penn Law School, and he also holds a secondary appointment in Wharton's Business and Public Policy Department. Sanchirico is also Codirector of Penn's Center for Tax Law & Policy. Sanchirico’s work spans several fields of legal scholarship, chiefly tax policy, distributive justice, evidentiary procedure, and social norms.
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Evidentiary Procedure
Game Theory
Law and Economics
Taxation and Tax Policy

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  • Publication
    Do Capital Income Taxes Hinder Growth?
    (2013-02-01) Sanchirico, Chris W
    One of the main arguments against raising capital income tax rates is that doing so discourages savings and investment and hinders economic growth. However, academic research on taxes and growth suggests that this argument has no real basis. And the primary alternatives to capital income taxation — labor income taxes and increased government borrowing — carry their own potentially adverse effects on growth. Available for download at http://ssrn.com/author=2205